impuritynoun
uk/ɪmˈpjʊə.rə.ti/us/ɪmˈpjʊr.ə.t̬i/impurity noun (MIXED)
[ C or U ] the fact that a substance is dirty or lower in quality because it is mixed with another substance, or something that causes this:
Impurities are removed from the blood by the kidneys.
The impurity of the water is a health risk.
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Dirt & untidiness
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- bloodstain
- blot
- clutter
- contaminant
- contaminate
- filthiness
- fleck
- grime
- gunge
- gunk
- muck
- pollutant
- slovenly
- slut
- smear
- smudge
- speck
- speckle
- stain
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impurity noun (BAD)
[ U ] literary or humorous sexual thoughts or behaviour that are wrong or not moral