impure

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/ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/

adj 4verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

spanish, wicked

VERB + IMPURE

don't, drops, see, thinking, thought

IMPURE + NOUN

attention, castillan, gemstone, politics, things, thoughts, water

PREP.

with

ADV.

surely

Definitions

adj

Not pure

The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.

Not pure

He was thinking impure thoughts involving a girl from school.

“No one would marry her if she was impure, don't you see?” “Impure? Surely if a woman is forcibly deprived of her virginity, she can't be thought of as impure.”

Not pure

an impure method

verb

to defile; to pollute

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure acco

unclean

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.

Wiktionary

He was thinking impure thoughts involving a girl from school.

Wiktionary

“No one would marry her if she was impure, don't you see?” “Impure? Surely if a woman is forcibly deprived of her virginity, she can't be thought of as impure.”

Wiktionary

Impure drinking water can be a carrier of diseases.

Tatoeba · #318638

In many religions, masturbation is considered a sin and an impure act.

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The trouble is not with impure politics, but that the whole game of politics is rotten.

Tatoeba · #5298704

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, impure is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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