Impurity - English meaning

noun

The action of making something poorer in quality by the addition of another substance.

Usage examples:

We're working on a new diagnostic test to more rapidly monitor food adulteration

noun

The act of making food or drugs worse in quality by adding something to them

Usage examples:

The adulteration of poultry is considered a serious problem., the presence of low levels of melamin…

noun

The action or state of making or being made impure by polluting or poisoning.

Usage examples:

The risk of contamination by dangerous bacteria

noun

Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.

Usage examples:

The journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places

noun

Dishonest or illegal behaviour involving a person in a position of power, for example, accepting money for doing something illegal or immoral

Usage examples:

He was a member of the team looking into allegations of corruption in the local government building…

noun

The action or process of reducing the quality or value of something.

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The outcome is rot and debasement of the system

noun

The condition or process of degrading or being degraded.

Usage examples:

A trail of human misery and degradation

noun

The process by which something is made worse, esp. the quality of land

Usage examples:

One of the effects of environmental degradation is the absence of fish in that river.

noun

The state of being dirty

Usage examples:

I don't mind a little bit of a mess - it's dirtiness i can't stand.

noun

The quality of being very dirty

noun

The state or quality of being immoral; wickedness.

Usage examples:

He believed his father had been punished by god for his immorality

noun

The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.

Usage examples:

The level of pollution in the air is rising

Contamination of the natural environment

noun

The act of polluting, or the substances that pollute

Usage examples:

Air pollution, pollution from the factory could be contaminating nearby wells.

noun

An immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.

Usage examples:

A sin in the eyes of god

verb

Commit a sin.

Usage examples:

I sinned and brought shame down on us

abbreviation

Sine.

noun

Behaviour that is against the rules of a religion or morally wrong

Usage examples:

He becomes obsessed with his parents' apparent sinfulness., she regrets her life of sinfulness and …

noun

The state of being dirty.

Usage examples:

General uncleanliness in schools

noun

The quality or state of being unwholesome (= not good for you physically, morally, or emotionally)

Usage examples:

Their children perished from neglect and the unwholesomeness of their food., the unwholesomeness of…

noun

Immoral or wicked behaviour.

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An open sewer of vice and crime

preposition

As a substitute for.

Usage examples:

The letter was drafted by david hunt, vice bevin who was ill

noun

A metal tool with movable jaws which are used to hold an object firmly in place while work is done on it, typically attached to a workbench.

Usage examples:

Hold the rail in the vice

noun

The quality of being evil or morally wrong.

Usage examples:

The wickedness of the regime

noun

The fact of being morally very wrong or bad

Usage examples:

They would be punished for their wickedness.