contaminated

con-tam-i-nat-ed · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of "contaminate": made impure by contact with a harmful substance.

  2. 2.

    Made impure or unsuitable by exposure to a harmful substance.

Related words

Antonyms: clean, purified, uncontaminated
See also: clean, contaminate, infected, pollution
Synonyms: corrupted, infected, polluted, tainted

Etymology

From Latin "contaminare" meaning to make impure, from "contamen" (contact, contagion).