IMPURE


Meaning of IMPURE in English

im ‧ pure /ɪmˈpjʊə $ -ˈpjʊr/ BrE AmE adjective

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ purification , ↑ purist , ↑ purity ≠ ↑ impurity , ↑ purifier ; verb : ↑ purify ; adverb : ↑ purely ; adjective : ↑ pure ≠ ↑ impure ]

1 . not pure or clean, and often consisting of a mixture of things instead of just one OPP pure :

drug dealers selling impure heroin

2 . old-fashioned impure thoughts, feelings etc are morally bad because they are about sex – sometimes used humorously:

He tried, without success, to rid his mind of any impure thoughts about Julia.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.