Adulterated
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Adulterated is an adjective meaning simple past and past participle of adulterate.
Meaning
simple past and past participle of adulterate.
More Meanings
- Intentionally tainted with impurities (usually as motivated by cheapening the production of a food product or enhancing the psychotropic effects of a street drug).
Example Sentences
Heroin is often adulterated with fentanyl.
Near-synonyms: laced, tainted, contaminated; see also Thesaurus:contaminated
A thin, crunchy lemon and thyme rosti was essentially the pimped-up aesthetic of the Kettle chip. That's OK. I like Kettle chips.
The problem of adulterated milk has periodically reemerged as a public health menace, from New York in the 1850s to China in 2008.
Synonyms for adulterated
Depending on context, synonyms include laced, tainted, contaminated, common, corrupted, mixed.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include debased, contaminated, impaired, doctored, fraudulent, falsified.
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