- past participle of contaminate.
- past tense form 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.
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The relatively small sample means the findings cannot yet establish how radioactive particles behave throughout the entire contaminated region.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
They said that lab tests "indicate that the illness has been caused by residents being exposed to contaminated water" from a local water treatment facility supplying water to several communities east of Pretoria.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Yuan said she’d dealt with years of chronic health issues and believed her dad’s death last September was due to some of the contaminated water he ingested.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Soviet officials initially said the illnesses were the result of contaminated meat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The magnets kept shorting out for reasons the engineers were able to diagnose only after opening one up, when they discovered its cooling oil had been thoroughly contaminated by rust, metal shavings, and sediment.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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