Definition of Polluted

1. Adjective. Rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution. "Polluted lakes and streams"

Exact synonyms: Contaminated
Similar to: Impure

Definition of Polluted

1. a. Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched.

Definition of Polluted

1. Adjective. Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched. ¹

2. Verb. Simple past and past participle of pollute. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polluted

1. pollute [v] - See also: pollute

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polluted

pollock
pollocked
pollocking
pollocks
pollodic
polls
pollster
pollsters
polltaker
polltakers
pollucite
pollutable
pollutant
pollutants
polluted (current term)
pollutedly
pollutedness
polluter
polluters
pollutes
pollutician
polluticians
polluting
pollutingly
pollutionist
pollutionless
pollutions
pollutive

Literary usage of Polluted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Rhode Island, Commissioners of Shell Fisheries (1919)
"In order to find some way of cleansing oysters grown on these polluted grounds ... A large supply of excessively polluted oysters was available in the upper ..."

2. A Dictionary of the Holy Bible by John Brown (1816)
"God profaned the princes of hit sanctuary, and polluted his people, ... The Chaldeans polluted God's secret place, when they entered into and ..."

3. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1994)
"11-3 11.4.2 Surface-Supplied Diving Equipment 11-4 11.4.3 polluted-Water Diving Procedures and Precautions 11-5 ..."

4. The Works of John Woolman: In Two Parts by John Woolman (1775)
"... polluted bread to his altar, and faid the table of the ... our lives will have an inviting language, and the table of. the Lord will not be polluted. ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"On the Absorption oj Ammonia from polluted Sea-water by the Ulva latissima. By Professor LETTS, D.Sc., Ph.D., and JOHN HAWTHORNE, BA In a previous research1 ..."

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