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impure

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/

The English word “impure” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Containing undesired intermixtures
  2. Unhallowed; defiled by something unholy, either physically by an objectionable substance, or morally by guilt or sin
  3. Unchaste; obscene (not according to or not abiding by some system of sexual morality)
  4. Having side effects.

verb

  1. to defile; to pollute

Etymology

From Middle French impur, from Latin impūrus.

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