impure
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6.0
- adjective
- /ɪmˈpjʊr/
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- She took his impure hand in hers and whispered a blessing only he could hear, thanking him for his kindness.
- pure and impure
- impure animal
- impure elements
So he says the action of the bondsman is impure and inessential.
- So he says the action of the bondsman is impure and inessential.
- Running away from it doesn't remove the impure intention.
- He gives us a, a simple binary of impure language and pure language.
- He's the pure essential action in this relationship, that of the slave is impure and unessential.
- It's a weird word to use right now, isn't it, given that we're a week away from a rather impure election.
- And so I, I experienced like becoming impure every time that I would, I would, I would take an action like that.
Examples
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Who can produce something pure from what is impure?
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Forgive me for my impure thoughts, Sister.
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Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.
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An impure love is not love to me.
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Yet this is a temporary escape, for they all know this self has an impure heart.
Fiction book (1997) -
When you realized that your body had been rendered impure... what did you do?
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But if one recognizes a sexual thought as impure and resists it, one does well.
Blog text (29) -
These are impure thoughts.
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For example, the legislature may be corrupt or captured, or it may be ideologically impure.
Academic text (2018) -
He struggled with impure thoughts during his meditation.
Synonyms
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4.6
Not following what most people think is right or wrong
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4.1
A person or action that is very bad and dishonest
48
7.8
Very bad and cruel in the way someone behaves
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6.7
Not acceptable in public because it is offensive or sexual
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5.5
Not pure according to religious or ceremonial rules
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9.1
Not modest about sex
Made morally dirty, especially a place or thing people respect
Having a damaged reputation because of bad actions
Spoiled and unsafe because it has rot or something harmful
Something that becomes unsafe because it touches something dirty or harmful
Antonyms
How Pure
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Impure comes from the prefix in- meaning 'not' and the root pure meaning 'clean', as in a 'pure heart'. So, impure describes actions or thoughts that are 'not clean' in a moral or religious way.