Adulterated

adulterated — 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

adulterated — [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. * * * …   Universalium

adulterated — 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 ( …   Law dictionary

adulterated — [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,… …   New thesaurus

adulterated — [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 …   English World dictionary

Adulterated — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adulterated — un·adulterated; …   English syllables

adulterated — adjective Mixed with impurities …   Wiktionary

adulterated — Synonyms and related words: airy, attenuate, attenuated, blemished, cut, damaged, defective, deficient, dilute, diluted, erroneous, ethereal, fallible, faulty, fine, flimsy, found wanting, gaseous, immature, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, impure …   Moby Thesaurus

adulterated — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. diluted, mixed, contaminated; see impure 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Mixed with other substances: alloyed, doctored, impure, loaded, sophisticated. See CLEAN …   English dictionary for students

adulterated — adj. corrupted, inferior; watered down, made less concentrated a·dul·ter·ate || É™ dÊŒltÉ™reɪt v. corrupt, make inferior; water down milk or other liquids …   English contemporary dictionary