impure

comparative more impure · superlative most impure

1. Not pure
   1. Containing undesired intermixtures

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

      Synonyms: imperfect, tainted, contaminated, polluted · Antonyms: pure

   2. Unhallowed; defiled by something unholy, either physically by an objectionable substance, or morally by guilt or sin

      Synonyms: imperfect, tainted, profane, unhallowed, common, impious, mishallowed, profane · Antonyms: pure

   3. Unchaste; obscene (not according to or not abiding by some system of sexual morality)

      He was thinking impure thoughts involving a girl from school.

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      “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.”

      2012, Frederick Ramsay, The Eighth Veil: A Jerusalem Mystery

      Synonyms: imperfect, tainted, indecent, libidinous, wanton, adult, bawdy, blue · Antonyms: pure

   4. computingHaving side effects.

      an impure method

      Synonyms: imperfect, tainted · Antonyms: pure

present singular third person impures · participle present impuring · participle past impured · past impured

1. obsoletetransitiveto defile; to pollute