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- Dictionarycontaminated/kənˈtamɪneɪtɪd/
adjective
- 1. having been made impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance: "contaminated blood products"
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Contaminated means poisonous or not pure, often caused by something like sewage or bacteria. Learn how to use this word in sentences and see synonyms, antonyms, and translations.
verb [ T ] us / kənˈtæm·əˌneɪt / Add to word list. to make something less pure or make it poisonous: The disease can be caused by a variety of viruses, bacteria, and other small organisms that contaminate food or water.
Learn the meaning of contaminated as an adjective, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Contaminated means soiled, stained, corrupted, or infected by contact or association, or made unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.
Contaminate means to make impure or unclean by contact or association with something harmful or unpleasant. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for contaminate.
Contaminate means to make something less pure or make it poisonous. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, such as food, water, environment, and health, with synonyms, antonyms, and translations.
to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage. Synonyms: corrupt, poison, infect, taint, pollute, defile. to render harmful or unusable by adding radioactive material to: to contaminate a laboratory.
Contaminate means to make a substance or place dirty or no longer pure by adding a harmful or diseased substance. It can also mean to influence people's ideas or attitudes in a bad way. See the pronunciation, synonyms and usage notes of contaminate.
