impurity
/ɪmˈpjɝɪti/
impurity noun: the condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
Noun
impurity (countable and uncountable, plural impurities)
- The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
- Even animals in the Jewish system cause impurity only when they are dead.
- Synonyms:
- impureness
- Antonyms:
- purity
- A component or additive that renders something else impure.
- The impurities in the iron ore made extraction of the iron very difficult.
- An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly)
- Synonyms:
- adulterant, contamination, taint, adulterator, contaminant, contaminator, pollutant, pollution, sophisticant
- A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.
- With his cheating, lying and stealing, he epitomised the impurity of humanity.
- Synonyms:
- depravity, perversion, wickedness, baseness, corruption, defilement, degeneracy, degradation, depravation, depravedness
impurity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
impurity in Hindi
- impurity
- अशुद्धि aśuddhi
impurity in Tamil
- அசுத்தம், அழுக்கு, கலப்படம், கற்பின்மை, ஒழுக்கமின்மை, புனிதமின்மை
impurity in Urdu
- impurity
- آلودگی ālūdagī
impurity in Bengali
- impurity
- রিষ্ট riśṭô
More languagesFewer languages
- impurity in Malayalam
- മലം malaṁ, പുല pula
- impurity in Kannada
- ಕಲುಹೆ, ಕೊಳೆ, ಕಿಣಿ
- impurity in Gujarati
- અશુદ્ધિ aśuddhi
- impurity in Sanskrit
- रेपस् repas
- impurity in Tagalog
- kaditagnasan
Examples of impurity in a sentence
- The gas was purified by adsorbing the impurities onto active carbon.
- Clarified butter is made by removing water and impurities from butter.
- Some people say that a hangover is caused by impurities in the drink, not by the alcohol per se.
Synonyms of impurity
- impureness
- adulterant
- contamination
- taint
- adulterator
- contaminant
- contaminator
- pollutant
- pollution
- depravity
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Antonyms
Forms of impurity
| plural | impurities |
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Origin of impurity
From impure + -ity. From Middle French impurité, from Latin impuritas.
Questions about impurity
- What does impurity mean?
- Impurity means the condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
- What is impurity in Hindi?
- Impurity in Hindi is अशुद्धि (aśuddhi). See Impurity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is impurity?
- Impurity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce impurity?
- Impurity is pronounced /ɪmˈpjɝɪti/ (US).
- What is the plural of impurity?
- The plural of impurity is impurities.
Words near impurity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: impurity (page history and authors); अशुद्धि (Hindi) (page history and authors); impurity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); آلودگی (Urdu) (page history and authors); রিষ্ট (Bengali) (page history and authors); പുല (Malayalam) (page history and authors); impurity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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