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be careful, because impure motor oil can damage your car's engine
Victorian notions of what qualified as impure art now strike us as laughable.
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If impure quartz is used, the outside materials can hamper the effectiveness of the transistor.
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Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
There was also the upset about Ryan, who shows her breasts—a sweetheart made impure through pulp fiction.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2024
But to pursue a state of purity—even a fictional one; even a made-up, obviously impure one—still feels righteous.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2024
For her part, Lisa compared the risks of dose-splitting with the risks of her alternatives: Either going to a compounding pharmacy, whose copycat drugs might be unreliable or impure, or continuing to live with obesity.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2024
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Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
There was also the upset about Ryan, who shows her breasts—a sweetheart made impure through pulp fiction.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2024
But to pursue a state of purity—even a fictional one; even a made-up, obviously impure one—still feels righteous.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2024
For her part, Lisa compared the risks of dose-splitting with the risks of her alternatives: Either going to a compounding pharmacy, whose copycat drugs might be unreliable or impure, or continuing to live with obesity.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Impure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impure. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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impure
adjective
im·pure
(ˈ)im-ˈpyu̇(ə)r 
2
: mixed with something else that is usually not as good
an impure chemical
impurely
adverb
Medical Definition
impure
adjective
im·pure
(ˈ)im-ˈpyu̇(ə)r
: not pure: as
a
: containing something unclean
impure water
b
: mixed or impregnated with an extraneous and usually unwanted substance : adulterated
an impure chemical
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