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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024im•pure /ɪmˈpyʊr/USA pronunciation adj. - of or relating to impurity:impure water.
- not chaste:He was having impure thoughts about his girlfriend.
im•pure•ly, adv. See -pur-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024im•pure (im pyŏŏr′),USA pronunciation adj. - not pure;
mixed with extraneous matter, esp. of an inferior or contaminating nature:impure water and air. - modified by admixture, as color.
- mixed or combined with something else:an impure style of architecture.
- regarded by a religion as unclean, as animals or things.
- not morally pure or proper;
unchaste or obscene:impure thoughts. - marked by foreign and unsuitable or objectionable elements or characteristics, as a style of art or of literary expression.
- Latin impūrus. See im-2, pure
- 1530–40
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged coarse, vulgar, improper, licentious.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: impure /ɪmˈpjʊə/ adj - not pure; combined with something else; tainted or sullied
- (in certain religions) (of persons) ritually unclean and as such debarred from certain religious ceremonies
- (of a colour) mixed with another colour or with black or white
- of more than one origin or style, as of architecture or other design
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