adulterate
to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of (any professedly genuine article): to adulterate food.
impure or debased; cheapened in quality or purity.
Origin of adulterate
1Other words from adulterate
- a·dul·ter·a·tor, noun
- un·a·dul·ter·ate, adjective
Words that may be confused with adulterate
- adulterer, adulterate
Words Nearby adulterate
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How to use adulterate in a sentence
Watch out for weight-loss supplements, muscle builders, and sexual enhancers, which previous investigations have found are sometimes adulterated with illegal or obscured ingredients, such as pharmaceutical drugs and synthetic chemicals.
What the Science Says About the Health Benefits of Vitamins and Supplements | Sandeep Ravindran | April 28, 2022 | TimeThe FDA found serious problems at the HVAD’s manufacturing plant in 2014 and labeled the device “adulterated.”
The tech could also allow people to cross borders without passports — while certifying their identity and keeping a record of their movements that can’t be adulterated.
If there were a law to punish those who adulterate or falsify "truth," our magistrates would be kept extremely busy.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanThou shalt not adulterate thy mess tin by using it as a shaving mug.
Private Peat | Harold R. Peat
Moreover, a neighbor may pollute the water supply, foul the air, and adulterate the food.
Euthenics, the science of controllable environment | Ellen H. RichardsIt is, of course, illegal to adulterate milk, yet it is sometimes done.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesThe most convenient and possibly the most common materials used to adulterate milk are water and skim milk.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
British Dictionary definitions for adulterate
(tr) to debase by adding inferior material: to adulterate milk with water
Origin of adulterate
1Derived forms of adulterate
- adulteration, noun
- adulterator, noun
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