adulterated
掺假的,掺杂的,羼杂的,掺假
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a·dul·ter·at·ed, a·dul·ter·at·ing.
- : to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of: to adulterate food.
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- : impure or debased; cheapened in quality or purity.
- : adulterous.
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This lack of oversight means that many “Canadian drugs,” which often originate in other countries and are merely shipped through Canada, are adulterated.
Deeming it to be “adulterated and misbranded,” they dyed the milk blue.
Formerly, when a commodity was adulterated, it could be returned, and the courts became sorely troubled to defend an adulteration.
It is to be observed that with the exception of Burgred's coins and a few anonymous pieces the silver was never adulterated.
The inferior kinds of smalt are occasionally adulterated with chalk.
It is often largely adulterated with chalk and sulphate of copper.
Flour and other cereal foods are sometimes adulterated with some cheap substitutes, as bran or sawdust.