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impurity

[ im-pyoor-i-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural im·pu·ri·ties

the quality or state of being impure.
Synonyms: taint, pollution, contamination
Often impurities. something that is or makes impure:
After the flood the authorities warned against impurities in the drinking water.

impurity

/ ɪmˈpjʊərɪtɪ /

the quality of being impure
an impure thing, constituent, or element
impurities in the water
electronics a small quantity of an element added to a pure semiconductor crystal to control its electrical conductivity See also acceptor donor

1400–50; late Middle English impurite < Latin impūritās. See impure, -ity

It just recreates that whole dynamic that we had around the public option--liberal despair at Obama's impurity.

Rather it would be more accurate to describe such outcomes as “impurely political”—with the emphasis on impurity.

When parties lose power, activists ascribe the loss to the ideological impurity of their incumbent president.

Now Sestak is having success running from the left with the same charge of ideological impurity.

The principal impurity, and one which renders alum unfit for the use of the dyer, is iron.

Exemplify the sibilant impurity with such syllables as pish, false, traitress, miscreant.

I admired spotlessness, even though I could lay no claim to it, and hated impurity, as I hope I do now.

Is it not there that the evil spirits of impurity spread their nets for thoughtless and unsuspecting youth?

The court of Catharine de' Medici was noted for its impurity, as it was infamous for its recklessness of human life.

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