unclean, impure
(adjective) having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; “unclean meat”; “and the swine...is unclean to you”-Leviticus 11:3
impure
(adjective) (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene; “impure thoughts”
impure
(adjective) combined with extraneous elements
Source: WordNet® 3.1
impure (comparative more impure, superlative most impure)
Not pure
Containing undesired intermixtures
Unhallowed; defiled by something unholy, either physically by an objectionable substance, or morally by guilt or sin
Unchaste; obscene (not according to or not abiding by some system of sexual morality)
• imperfect, tainted
• pure
impure (third-person singular simple present impures, present participle impuring, simple past and past participle impured)
(transitive, obsolete) to defile; to pollute
• rumpie, umpire
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pure", a. Etym: [L. impurus; pref. im- not + purus pure: cf. F. impur. See Pure.]
1. Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water or air; impure drugs, food, etc.
2. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
3. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas. "Impure desires." Cowper.
4. (Script.)
Definition: Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean.
5. (Language)
Definition: Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style.
Im*pure", v. t.
Definition: To defile; to pollute. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 April 2025
(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
