impure

(ĭm-pyʊr')
adj., -pur·er, -pur·est.

1. Not pure or clean; contaminated.
2. Not purified by religious rite; unclean.
3. Immoral or sinful: impure thoughts.
4. Mixed with another, usually inferior substance; adulterated.
5. Being a composite of more than one color or mixed with black or white.
6. Deriving from more than one source, style, or convention; eclectic: an impure art form.

impurely im·pure'ly adv.
impureness im·pure'ness n.

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adjective

1. Ceremonially or religiously unfit: unclean. See clean/dirty, religion, sacred/profane.
2. Not chaste or moral: immoral, unchaste, unclean, uncleanly. See good/bad, restraint/unrestraint, sex/asexual.
3. Mixed with other substances: adulterated, alloyed, doctored, loaded, sophisticated. See clean/dirty.

adj

Definition: not clean mentally, physically
Antonyms: chaste, clean, impeccable, pure, sterile

IN BRIEF: Not clean, dirty.

Within our impure mind the pure one is to be found. — Hui Neng.

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not pure, lacking purity; (of a substance or material) containing contaminants.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uren, forfalsket, ukysk

Nederlands (Dutch)
onzuiver

Français (French)
adj. - impur, frelaté

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unrein, unsauber

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ακάθαρτος, νοθευμένος, ανακατεμένος, αισχρός, μιαρός (κν. μαγαρισμένος)

Italiano (Italian)
impuro

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - impuro

Русский (Russian)
нечистый, непристойный, смешанный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - impuro, adulterado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oren, besmittad (bildl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不纯的, 掺杂的, 肮脏的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不純的, 摻雜的, 肮髒的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 불결한, 순결하지 않은, 부도덕한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 汚い, 不潔な, 不純な, みだらな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير نقي, غير طاهر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא טהור, מזוהם‬

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