polluted

Adjective
US[puh-loo-tid]/pəˈlutɪd/3 syllables
Synonyms: contaminated

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution“had to boil the contaminated water”“polluted lakes and streams”Synonyms: contaminatedOpposite pureSimilar impure
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Pol·lut′ed adjective

Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched. — Pol·lut′wb-a1′>′ed·ly, adverb — Pol·lut′wb-a1′>′ed·ness, noun

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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