- past tense form of contaminate.
- past participle of contaminate.
contaminated
Example Sentences
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Then, a positive lab test that confirmed contaminated lettuce from Taylor Farms later turned out to be a false positive.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Once the technologies are sufficiently developed for commercial use, they could help industries treat contaminated wastewater before it reaches rivers, lakes, and oceans.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
It would involve continued isolation of contaminated areas to prevent student contact and the removal of toxins through phytoremediation, an emerging technology that uses plants known to absorb toxins from the soil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
But the agency was unable to definitively determine where or how Taylor’s salad mix became contaminated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
How could intelligent beings seek to control a few unwanted species by a method that contaminated the entire environment and brought the threat of disease and death even to their own kind?
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
