Definitions for impure

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impure im·pure

Spelling: [im-pyoo r]

IPA: /ɪmˈpyʊər/

Impure is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 105 anagrams from letters in impure (eimpru).

Definitions for impure

adjective

1. not pure; mixed with extraneous matter, especially of an inferior or contaminating nature:
2. modified by admixture, as color.
3. mixed or combined with something else:
4. regarded by a religion as unclean, as animals or things.
5. not morally pure or proper; unchaste or obscene:
6. marked by foreign and unsuitable or objectionable elements or characteristics, as a style of art or of literary expression.

Origin of impure

From the Latin word impūrus, dating back to 1530-40. See im-², pure

Examples for impure

But really, how impure is the desire to garner professional respect and reap enough cash to pay rent and keep making work?

If water is impure, it must be boiled and then aerated before it is drunk.

Any of these elements lacking, and the life is wanting, defective, impure.

For him was that child of whom the poet speaks, impure, through and through impure.

In his latest at National Review Online, Goldberg dismisses the idea of an "impure GOP" as a silly wives' tale.

It is true we are able to think of his laws in an impure way, but that is our fault, not his.

You feel guilty if you eat foods you believe to be “impure.”

When she refused, the men shouted she was “impure,” and began reciting prayers and screaming at her.

Much of this has been pure, or more accurately, impure, political theater.

We should keep our heart free from impure thoughts and desires.