1
as in contamination
something that is or that makes impure
impurities in the water made it cloudy
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2
as in grossness
the quality or state of being obscene
the impurity of her thoughts was troubling, given her strict upbringing
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Recent Examples of impurity
The upcycled pomace for Frizzle doesn’t sit and develop impurities like other pomace oils are known for.
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Andrew Watman, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
These impurities make the ice weaker and more prone to cracking, creating the quakes.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Tanning nasal sprays on the illicit market have varying concentrations of melanotan II and impurities.
—Marisa Garshick, Verywell Health, 30 Dec. 2024
The Camellia Cleansing Oil removes makeup, sunscreen, and impurities.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2024
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Andrew Watman, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
These impurities make the ice weaker and more prone to cracking, creating the quakes.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Tanning nasal sprays on the illicit market have varying concentrations of melanotan II and impurities.
—Marisa Garshick, Verywell Health, 30 Dec. 2024
The Camellia Cleansing Oil removes makeup, sunscreen, and impurities.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impurity
Noun
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Issues ranged from spoilage and chemical concerns to product damage and foreign material contamination.—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
14 Mar. 2025
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The agency has previously taken action against benzene contamination in other personal-care products, including sunscreens, dry shampoos and hand sanitizers.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Women are thought of as contaminants in the heya and arm candy outside it; the sponsors exert a baleful commercial pressure on the fighters.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2025
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Days earlier, the first significant rains since May sent contaminants surging into the ocean.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2025
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Attention-grabbing vulgarity aside, Pearl was talking hoops, not other things that have been central to Auburn men’s basketball discourse of late.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
15 Mar. 2025
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So cheers to Schulz—and Emma, who agreed to share their story—for helping to normalize IVF, even if vulgarity was his way of doing so!—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Further evidence shows that racial minority groups exposed to pollutants suffer from poor maternal health groups more than others in the United States.—
Tracy J. Wholf,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2025
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In the wake of the environmental and women’s movements, citizen activists, mothers of children with birth defects and women with breast cancer became alarmed about the threat of cancer linked to pesticides or industrial pollutants.—
Amy Lauren Fairchild,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2025
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Yet the movie also contains, by my count, more than a dozen significant obscenities, as well as enough death to scar the Bluey crowd for life.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
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Other states don’t allow numerical digits, obscenity, or names of people who have committed atrocities, according to US Birth Certificates.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
23 Jan. 2025
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Before that, That’s A Wrap Sandwich Co. obviously housed too many rodents, roaches or general filth for whoever filed the complaint with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2025
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Looking the Part If filth means people treat you worse, then fancy clothes mean people in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 treat you better.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Impurity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impurity. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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