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impurity

[im-pyoor-i-tee] / ɪmˈpjʊər ɪ ti /


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Impurity in a piece of meat sickens those who eat it.

From The Guardian • Jan. 27, 2018

That all Metals were generated by the said Spirit, and differ'd from one another, but according 110 to the Purity or Impurity of the Matrices which receiv'd it.

From A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country by Brunt, Captain Samuel

Impurity as a disease has a long incubation period.

From Youth and Sex by Scharlieb, Mary

The U-Sound denotes accordingly Retiracy, Obscurity, Shade, Turbidity, Mixedness, or Impurity, as of Colors in a dim light, or as of Materials in a slime or plasma, etc.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Impurity works like leaven, which affects everything in a man.

From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett




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