contaminated

Definitions

Made impure, polluted, or poisonous by contact with or addition of a harmful substance.

Rendered unfit for use or consumption through exposure to radioactive, chemical, or biological agents.

Examples

The city issued a warning after the local water supply was found to be contaminated with bacteria.

The laboratory results confirmed that the soil samples were contaminated by industrial waste.

Synonyms

polluted tainted impure infected adulterated fouled corrupted

Antonyms

pure clean sterile sanitized uncontaminated pristine hygienic