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contaminated
adjective as in adulterated
adjective as in corrupt
adjective as in dirty
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adjective as in foul
adjective as in impure
adjective as in inedible
adjective as in insalubrious
adjective as in poisoned
adjective as in putrid
adjective as in radioactive
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adjective as in rancid
adjective as in rotten
adjective as in tainted
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
- cruddy
- crummy
- defiled
- disarrayed
- dishabille
- disheveled
- dreggy
- dungy
- dusty
- filthy
- foul
- fouled
- greasy
- grimy
- grubby
- grungy
- icky
- lousy
- messy
- mucky
- muddy
- murky
- nasty
- polluted
- 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 unhealthful
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adjective as in unsalutary
adjective as in unsanitary
adjective as in unwholesome
adjective as in vicious
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Example Sentences
But sea turtles that consume contaminated algae - including those that appear healthy - can be toxic when cooked and eaten.
Claire and her team work with local health bodies, the police, housing services and anyone in direct contact with drug users to pass on intelligence they receive about contaminated batches of drugs.
More than 3,500 victims of the scandal were NHS patients with the blood disorder haemophilia, they were infected after being given a contaminated clotting agent.
So far, 55 Americans have contracted H5N1 bird flu this year; these were predominantly dairy and poultry workers who were likely infected through their close proximity to animals and not by consuming contaminated products.
"The product contaminated in Ms Swiatek's case was a regulated medication, not a supplement."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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