impure

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Artificial and impure, and achieved by doing something only slightly resembling basketball.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Much of this material cannot currently be reused in critical automotive components because contamination makes it too impure.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Two major developments in the mid-1800s showed why impure water is dangerous.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2025

Naidu, who was sworn in as the state’s chief minister in June, alleged that the impure laddus were distributed to devotees during Reddy’s term.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2024

There was something impure in the fact of my being.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover