- 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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Taylor Farms has become the latest distributor to recall food products that contain jalapeños that are potentially contaminated with salmonella and linked to a larger multi-state bacterial outbreak that includes California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Investigation work found the site did not meet the legal definition of contaminated land.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Federal health officials have said a farm in Sinaloa, Mexico, that supplies Coast Citrus is the possible source of the contaminated peppers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
The findings, published in Nature Communications, could contribute to future research into using bacteria to help clean up environments contaminated with uranium.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
If the wild potato seeds McCandless ate were contaminated with swainsonine from an eruption of R. leguminicola, it means the guy wasn’t quite as reckless or incompetent as he has been made out to be.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
