adulterate Synonyms

adulterate Meaning

Wordnet

adulterate (v)

corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

Wordnet

adulterate (s)

mixed with impurities

Webster

adulterate (v. t.)

To defile by adultery.

To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of a foreign or a baser substance; as, to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coin, etc.

Webster

adulterate (v. i.)

To commit adultery.

Webster

adulterate (a.)

Tainted with adultery.

Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.

FAQs About the word adulterate

corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones, mixed with impuritiesTo d

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purified, untainted, unpolluted, unadulterated, plain, pure,pure, uncut, unmixed, undiluted

It is illegal to adulterate prescription medications by diluting them with inactive substances.

Some unscrupulous vendors adulterate olive oil with cheaper oils to increase their profit margins.

The chef was fired for attempting to adulterate the gourmet dish by substituting premium ingredients with lower-quality alternatives.

Companies that intentionally adulterate their products risk damaging their reputation and facing legal consequences.