- past tense form of contaminate.
- past participle of contaminate.
contaminated
- adulterated adj.
- corrupt adj.
- dirty adj.
- doctored adj.
- foul adj.
- impure adj.
- inedible adj.
- insalubrious adj.
- poisoned adj.
- putrid adj.
- radioactive adj.
- rancid adj.
- rotten adj.
- tainted adj.
- unchaste adj.
- unclean adj.
- uncleanly adj.
- uncleanly adj.
- unhealthful adj.
- unsalutary adj.
- unsanitary adj.
- unwholesome adj.
- vicious adj.
Example Sentences
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All eyes are on Taylor Farms and their contaminated lettuce, Trump tries a new tariff tactic, and Japan’s prime minister claims to barely sleep.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026
Getting to the bottom of foodborne illnesses is challenging, partly because the contaminated food might not be readily available by the time that health authorities become aware of a problem and look into it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
After analysing a plastic recover facility in Manchester with a processing capacity of 35,000 tonnes of plastic a year, for six months, the company found that BuzzBallz contaminated recycled plastic 66% of the time.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
People become infected with the illness by consuming food or water that has been contaminated — the infection is not transmitted from person to person.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
He published a paper suggesting that perhaps “transformed” cells behaved the same not because they’d become cancerous, but because they’d been contaminated by something—most likely a virus or bacterium—that made them behave similarly.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
