Adulterated

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Intentionally tainted with impurities (usually as motivated by cheapening the production of a food product or enhancing the psychotropic effects of a street drug)..

Definitions by Sense

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).
2. simple past and past participle of adulterate

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Near-synonyms: laced, tainted, contaminated; see also Thesaurus:contaminated

The problem of adulterated milk has periodically reemerged as a public health menace, from New York in the 1850s to China in 2008.

Heroin is often adulterated with fentanyl.

A thin, crunchy lemon and thyme rosti was essentially the pimped-up aesthetic of the Kettle chip. That's OK. I like Kettle chips.

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