contaminated

contaminated
Synonyms and related words:
abandoned, activated, autoluminescent, bad, bad for, cankered, charged, corrupt, corrupted, debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, depraved, diseased, dissolute, foul, gangrened, gangrenous, harmful, hot, impure, infected, injurious, insalubrious, insanitary, irradiated, morally polluted, morbid, morbific, mortified, noisome, nonkosher, noxious, pathogenic, pathological, peccant, perverted, pestiferous, poisoned, polluted, profligate, radiferous, radioactivated, radioactive, radioluminescent, reprobate, ritually unclean, rotten, septic, sphacelated, steeped in iniquity, tainted, tref, ulcerated, ulcerous, unbathed, unclean, uncleanly, unhealthful, unhealthy, unhygienic, unpure, unsanitary, unscoured, unscrubbed, unswept, unwashed, unwholesome, unwiped, vice-corrupted, vitiated, warped

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  • contaminated — adj. 1. containing undesired or infective microorganisms. Syn: dirty, infected. [WordNet 1.5] 2. rendered impure by addition of deleterious substances; as, had to boil the contaminated water. Syn: polluted. [WordNet 1.5] 3. 1 (Computers) damaged… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • contaminated — index marred, noxious, peccant (unhealthy) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • contaminated — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ADVERB ▪ heavily, highly ▪ A lot of our drinking water is now heavily contaminated …   Collocations dictionary

  • contaminated — con|tam|i|nat|ed [kənˈtæmıneıtıd] adj water, food etc that is contaminated has had a harmful substance added to it contaminated food/blood/water supplies etc ▪ Several outbreaks of infection have been traced to contaminated food …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • contaminated — adjective 1. corrupted by contact or association contaminated evidence • Ant: ↑uncontaminated • Similar to: ↑mercury contaminated 2. rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution had to boil the contaminated water …   Useful english dictionary

  • Contaminated — Contaminate Con*tam i*nate (k[o^]n*t[a^]m [i^]*n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contaminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contaminating}.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion, for contagmen; con …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • contaminated — adjective 1 water, food etc that is contaminated has dangerous or harmful things in it, such as chemicals or poison: Several outbreaks of infection have been traced to contaminated food. 2 influenced in a way that produces a bad effect …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • contaminated — con|tam|i|nat|ed [ kən tæmı,neıtəd ] adjective FORMAL made dirty, polluted, or poisonous by the addition of a chemical, waste, or infection: contaminated food/water/blood …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • contaminated — un·contaminated; …   English syllables

  • contaminated — UK [kənˈtæmɪˌneɪtɪd] / US [kənˈtæmɪˌneɪtəd] adjective made dirty, polluted, or poisonous by the addition of a chemical, waste, or infection contaminated food/water/blood …   English dictionary

  • Contaminated haemophilia blood products — Contaminated hemophilia blood products were a serious public health problem in the late 1970s through 1985. These products caused large numbers of haemophiliacs to become infected with HIV and hepatitis C. The companies involved included Alpha… …   Wikipedia

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