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Adulterated

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Intentionally tainted with impurities (usually as motivated by cheapening the production of a food product or enhancing the psychotropic effects of a street drug). not-comparable

    "Near-synonyms: laced, tainted, contaminated"

Adjective
  1. 1
    mixed with impurities wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of adulterate form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

The adjectival sense's relation to adultery is the common theme that corruption or pollution has occurred; more at adulterate. By surface analysis, adulterate + -ed.

Etymology 2

The adjectival sense's relation to adultery is the common theme that corruption or pollution has occurred; more at adulterate. By surface analysis, adulterate + -ed.

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