adulterated

adjective
UK: /əˈdʌltəreɪtɪd/
US: /əˈdʌltəreɪtɪd/

  1. Made impure or of poorer quality by adding another substance, typically an inferior one.

    1. The juice was adulterated with water. [ ] [ ]
    2. The company was fined for selling adulterated food products that endangered public health. [ ] [ ]

Synonyms

impure contaminated
adulterated verb

  1. Past tense of 'adulterate': to make something worse in quality by adding something to it.

    1. The milk was adulterated with water to increase the volume. [ ] [ ]
    2. The crime scene had been adulterated before the investigators arrived. [ ] [ ]

  2. Past participle of 'adulterate': having been made impure or lower in quality.

    1. The evidence was adulterated, so it was inadmissible. [ ] [ ]
    2. Her memories of the event were adulterated by the passing of time and her own biases. [ ] [ ]

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The phonetic transcription of "adulterated" is /əˈdʌltəreɪtɪd/ in British English and /əˈdʌltəreɪtɪd/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "adulterated": impure, contaminated.

Example usage of "adulterated": "The juice was adulterated with water.". More examples on the page.