impure

UK /ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/ US /ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/
adj 4verb 1

Definitions

adj

1

Not pure

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

2

Not pure

3

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.”

4

Not pure

an impure method

verb

1

to defile; to pollute

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