impurity

Plural: impurities

Noun

• Something that is impure or makes another thing impure.
• worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
• the condition of being impure
• The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
• A component or additive that renders something else impure.
• A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.

Examples

• An ’X’ on a triple-word score, while impure of vowels, still brought a high score.
• Even animals in the Jewish system cause impurity only when they are dead.
• The impurities in the iron ore made extraction of the iron very difficult.
• With his cheating, lying and stealing, he epitomised the impurity of humanity.

Synonyms

dross, impureness

Antonyms

purity