adulterated
Mixed with contaminants
Adulterated describes something made impure by adding inferior or harmful substances.
Food or drugs are adulterated when manufacturers cut them with cheaper ingredients: adulterated milk, adulterated heroin.
The term extends to anything diluted or corrupted from its original form: an adulterated version of the truth.
The verb is adulterate; the noun is adulteration.
Made impure by contact
- taintedContaminated, made impure
- impureNot wholly clean
- unsafeLikely to cause harm
- mislabeledIncorrectly marked or tagged
tampered · unwholesome · hazardous · substandard · poisoned · rancid · spoiled · bulked
Contaminated, made impure
- pollutedMade impure by contaminants
- impureNot wholly clean
- poisonedMade toxic intentionally
- unsafeLikely to cause harm
toxic · spoiled · infected · defiled · degraded · unclean · corrupted · compromised
Not the real thing
- fraudulentInvolving intentional dishonesty
- bogusCounterfeit or fraudulent
- shamFraudulent imitation
- spuriousFalse though appearing genuine
phony · forged · falsified · misrepresented · mislabeled · deceptive · imitation · knockoff
contaminated
Made impure by contact
mislabeled · tampered · unwholesome · hazardous · substandard · poisoned · rancid · spoiled · bulked · diluted
tainted
Contaminated, made impure
unsafe · toxic · spoiled · infected · defiled · degraded · unclean · corrupted · compromised · unwholesome
fake
Not the real thing
- fraudulentInvolving intentional dishonesty
- bogusCounterfeit or fraudulent
- shamFraudulent imitation
spurious · phony · forged · falsified · misrepresented · mislabeled · deceptive · imitation · knockoff · substitute
watered-down
Reduced in strength
extended · reduced · stretched · diminished · attenuated · lightened · mixed · blended · tempered · lessened
- taintedtainted, contaminated, corrupted, polluted, poisoned
- purity gradespure, impure, purified, refined, unrefined
- authenticityauthentic, genuine, real, fake, counterfeit
- fake goodsfake, counterfeit, knockoff, forged, imitation
- falsifiedfalsified, doctored, fabricated, fake, faked
- weakweak, feeble, frail, fragile, faint
adulteratedpure
Unmixed, without impurities
unadulterated · uncontaminated · untainted · clean · unpolluted
adulteratedunadulterated
Completely unmixed, genuine
genuine · authentic · uncorrupted · unaltered · true
- adulterated goodsProducts compromised by additives
adulterate, adulteration, unadulterated, adulterates, adulterations, adulterating