Meaning of contaminated in English
Classifying Adjective
contaminatedDefinitions
1. contaminated with infecting organismsExamples
- « dirty wounds »
- « obliged to go into infected rooms- Jane Austen »
Synonyms
- 2. rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution
Examples
- « had to boil the contaminated water »
- « polluted lakes and streams »
Synonyms
Qualitative Adjective
contaminatedDefinitions
1. corrupted by contact or associationExamples
- « contaminated evidence »
Antonyms
Famous quotes
- « Contaminated food is a major cause of diarrhea, substantially contributing to malnutrition and killing about 2.2 million people each year, most of them children. » Gro Harlem Brundtland
- « So long as these kinds of inequalities persist, all of us who are given expensive educations have to live with the knowledge that our victories are contaminated because the game has been rigged to our advantage. » Jonathan Kozol