unpurified

Examples

• All

• Children are often advised to avoid unpurified water, as it may contain harmful bacteria.

• But it has left him unpurified in the end.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Let every woman, then, bear in mind that just so long as her dress and position oppose any resistance to the motion of her chest, in just such proportion her blood is unpurified, and her vital organs are debilitated. --Miss Catherine E. Beecher, A Treatise on Domestic Economy, for the Use of Young Ladies at Home, p. 117.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Drinking unpurified water can lead to severe health risks, including waterborne diseases.

• The environmental report highlighted the dangers of consuming unpurified water from local sources.

Synonyms

U

unprocessed

vsunpurified

5 3.4

Not changed from its natural form

signals presence of impurities rather than only being untouched

U

unrefined

vsunpurified

3 4.4

In its natural raw state without processing

emphasizes presence of impurities rather than merely being unprocessed

U

unfiltered

vsunpurified

3 4.3

Not cleaned or changed and kept in a natural state

covers missing purification steps broadly, not only skipping filters

I

impure

vsunpurified

2 4.2

Containing other unwanted substances so it is not clean

focuses on absence of a purification process rather than simple dirtiness

U

unclarified

vsunpurified

• Specialized

6.7

Containing solid bits, like butter

refers to general lack of purification, not only sediment removal

U

undistilled

vsunpurified

5.9

Not made pure and kept in its natural state

means lacking purification in general, not only omission of distillation

U

unrectified

vsunpurified

• Specialized

8.6

A liquid that people do not purify by boiling and collecting steam

is the broader absence of purification beyond repeated distillation

How Pure

pure

390 1.0

unpurified

5.7

impure

2 4.2

contaminated

4.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology