"contaminated" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more contaminated [comparative], most contaminated [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} contaminated (comparative more contaminated, superlative most contaminated)
  1. adulterated; impure Categories (topical): Hygiene Translations (adulterated; impure): μιαρός (miarós) (Ancient Greek), paruparu (Maori), contaminado (Spanish), забруднений (zabrudnenyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-contaminated-en-adj-jHieXb9K Disambiguation of Hygiene: 85 2 13 Disambiguation of 'adulterated; impure': 99 1
  2. made unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.
    Sense id: en-contaminated-en-adj-TOQ8D9Ti
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: adulterated, contaminated, corrupted, mixed, polluted, sophisticated, tainted Hypernyms: deteriorated Hyponyms: infected, irradiated, rotten
Derived forms: radiocontaminated, contaminated food, contaminated meat, contaminated fish, contaminated milk, contaminated watr, contaminated groundwater, contaminated land, contaminated soil, contaminated sediment, contaminated site, contaminated property, contaminated air, contaminated product, contaminated material

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} contaminated
  1. simple past and past participle of contaminate Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: contaminate
    Sense id: en-contaminated-en-verb-KeOV8L3y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 5 79 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 8 76

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