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| 1. | not pure; mixed with extraneous matter, esp. of an inferior or contaminating nature: impure water and air. |
| 2. | modified by admixture, as color. |
| 3. | mixed or combined with something else: an impure style of architecture. |
| 4. | regarded by a religion as unclean, as animals or things. |
| 5. | not morally pure or proper; unchaste or obscene: impure thoughts. |
| 6. | marked by foreign and unsuitable or objectionable elements or characteristics, as a style of art or of literary expression. |