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polluted
adjective as in adulterated
adjective as in corrupt
adjective as in defiled
adjective as in dirty
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adjective as in foul
adjective as in impure
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adjective as in malodorous
adjective as in nasty
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adjective as in perverted
adjective as in rancid
adjective as in rotten
adjective as in rotten
adjective as in tainted
adjective as in turbid
adjective as in unchaste
adjective as in unclean
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adjective as in uncleanly
adjective as in uncleanly
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- bedraggled
- begrimed
- contaminated
- cruddy
- crummy
- defiled
- disarrayed
- dishabille
- disheveled
- dreggy
- dungy
- dusty
- filthy
- foul
- fouled
- greasy
- grimy
- grubby
- grungy
- icky
- lousy
- messy
- mucky
- muddy
- murky
- nasty
- raunchy
- scummy
- scuzzy
- slatternly
- slimy
- sloppy
- slovenly
- smudged
- smutty
- soiled
- sooty
- spattered
- spotted
- squalid
- stained
- straggly
- sullied
- unclean
- undusted
- unhygienic
- unkempt
- unlaundered
- unsanitary
- unsightly
- unswept
- untidy
- unwashed
- yucky
adjective as in unsanitary
adjective as in bombed
adjective as in boozed
adjective as in boozy
adjective as in crapulent
adjective as in crapulous
adjective as in crocked
adjective as in plastered
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Example Sentences
Delhi was the most polluted capital city in the world in 2023, according to a Swiss-based air-quality monitoring group.
India was also ranked as the world's third-most polluted country after neighbours Bangladesh and Pakistan, IQAir said.
Again, untreated effluent polluted the rivers and the local marsh rhyne drainage system.
They say the only water they can find here is polluted.
“Lahore is much more polluted than Delhi with pollution episodes that last longer and reach higher peaks,” he notes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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