adulterated

  • 1adulterated — adj. 1. having been made impure by addition of inferior ingredients; said of substances or foods Note: used ususally of articles of commerce, dulted with less costly materials so as to enhance profit; usually imlying that the dilution is… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2adulterated — [ə dul′tərāt΄id] adj. 1. made inferior, impure, etc. by adulterating 2. that does not conform to legal standards of purity, processing, labeling, etc. * * * …

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  • 3adulterated — I adjective artificial, contaminated, corrupted, debased, defiled, degraded, deteriorated, devalued, fraudulent, impaired, impure, infected, perverted, polluted, spoiled, spurious, tainted, weakened II index inferior (lower in quality), tainted ( …

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  • 4adulterated — [adj] debased or dirty attenuated, blended, contaminated, corrupt, defiled, degraded, depreciated, deteriorated, devalued, diluted, dissolved, impaired, mixed, polluted, tainted, thinned, vitiated, watered down, weakened; concept 485 Ant. clean,… …

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  • 5adulterated — [ə dul′tərāt΄id] adj. 1. made inferior, impure, etc. by adulterating 2. that does not conform to legal standards of purity, processing, labeling, etc …

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  • 6Adulterated — Adulterate A*dul ter*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adulterated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adulterating}.] [L. adulteratus, p. p. of adulterare, fr. adulter adulterer, prob. fr. ad + alter other, properly one who approaches another on account of unlawful love …

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  • 7adulterated — un·adulterated; …

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  • 8adulterated semiconductor — užterštasis puslaidininkis statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. adulterated semiconductor vok. verunreinigtes Halbleitermaterial, n rus. загрязнённый полупроводник, m pranc. matériau semi conducteur contaminé, m …

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  • 9adulterated coin — Coin made of gold or silver intermixed or adulterated, with base metal. The term is sometimes erroneously used for base coin. Gabe v State, 6 Ark 540, 542. See base coin …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 10adulterated — adjective Mixed with impurities …

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