contaminated

4.7

Something that becomes unsafe because it touches something dirty or harmful

adjective
/kənˈtæmɪneɪtɪd/

: contaminado

Some families know their water is contaminated with germs that cause diarrhea, dehydration, even death.

So essentially what it's saying is do not let your heart become contaminated by negative things.

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Examples

Is it transmitted by contaminated food and water?
Land that's through decades, centuries of industrial use has been contaminated with metals.
In the paper they mentioned our sample was contaminated and it was bright green.
So this was labeled the most contaminated site in the world.
Assume that your hands and your gloves are contaminated at every step and wash them before you go to the next step.
His leg wraps became contaminated with flood water and so his legs became infected.
I would argue that our food supply is really dreadfully, dreadfully contaminated with things that are of real concern.
We tend to have these sort of crises because you know, romaine lettuce is got is contaminated with infection.
And they're walking to sources like ponds, swamps, rivers, you know, contaminated sources we wouldn't let our animals drink from.
Many people became ill after eating the **contaminated** food from the local market.

Synonyms

dirty

vscontaminated

525 1.0

Not clean or covered with dirt

is about being unsafe or harmful due to contact rather than simple dirt

unclean

vscontaminated

7 1.3

Dirty and covered in dust, food, or grease

is more about being unsafe or harmful after contact rather than mere dirtiness

impure

vscontaminated

2 4.2

Containing other unwanted substances so it is not clean

is more about making things unsafe or harmful rather than mere mixture

unsterile

vscontaminated

Specialized

1 5.5

Not free from germs

is broader covering unsafe impurities not only those from germs

insanitary

vscontaminated

1 6.9

Dirty and likely to cause disease

is about being unsafe or harmful due to contact with undesirable things

polluted

vscontaminated

3.5

Not safe to use because dangerous chemicals are in the air, water, or soil

covers any harmful impurity from contact with many undesirable sources

fouled

vscontaminated

4.1

Dirty and polluted with waste or unwanted material

is about being made unsafe or impure by harmful contact

tainted

vscontaminated

4.5

Spoiled and unsafe because it has rot or something harmful

focuses on loss of purity through spoilage rather than any unsafe contact

pestiferous

vscontaminated

Literature

9.9

Likely to spread disease

is about harmful impurities from contact rather than only disease spread

adulterated

vscontaminated

Specialized

7.4

Less pure because cheaper or wrong ingredients are added

is about impurity from any contact not only from added inferior ingredients

unpurified

vscontaminated

5.7

Containing harmful or unwanted substances because it was not cleaned

is broader referring to unsafe or harmful impurity not only lack of purification

Antonyms

clean

∞ 1.0

Free from dirt or harmful things

uncontaminated

3 5.2

Free from harmful or unwanted things

Compounds

mercury-contaminated

7.1

Containing mercury that can make people sick

How Contaminated

polluted

3.5

contaminated

4.7

soiled

1 2.5

clean

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

contaminated positive

Morphology

contaminated = contaminate (transparent) = contaminate + ed

Formed by the regular past-participle/adjectival suffix '-ed' from the verb 'contaminate', preserving the core meaning.

Etymology

Contaminated comes from Latin parts con- meaning 'together' and tangere meaning 'to touch', the same root you see in contact. That's why contaminated describes something made dirty or unsafe because it has been 'touched' by harmful things.