impure

  1. Adjective.  Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water or air; impure drugs, food, etc.
  2. Adjective.  Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
  3. Adjective.  Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) (obsolete) to defile; to pollute.

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