ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Polluting

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Polluting is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of pollute.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of pollute.

More Meanings

  1. Causing pollution; having a tendency to pollute.

Example Sentences

But because rare earths are polluting to mine and process, it can take nearly three decades to get permission to open and operate a rare-earth mine in America, so finding substitutes won’t be easy.
De-icing a plane is expensive, polluting, and time-consuming, so when sudden weather changes mean it has to be done twice, that has an impact on the bottom line, the environment and on-time departures.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include contaminate, foul, pollutant, contaminant, contamination, dirty.

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