adulterateness|əˈdʌltərətnɪs| [f. adulterate a. + -ness.] The quality of being adulterate; debased or counterfeit state; spuriousness. 1666Fuller Waltham Abb. (1840) 272 Adultery in men, and adulterateness in money, both hardly reclaimed.1731in Bailey; also in Johnson and mod. Dicts.