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polluted

/pʌlˈutɪd/adjective3 syllables

Polluted means: rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution.

Synonyms for polluted17

adjective, as in rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution

contaminated, impure

also used for polluted

adulterated, foul, tainted, common, corrupted, mixed, sophisticated, inebriated, lamped, ossified, Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms, arseholed

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What does polluted mean?1

adjective

1

rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution“had to boil the contaminated water”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with polluted?8

two syllables

three syllables

recruitedreputedrefuted

four syllables

undisputed
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Polluted in a sentence

  • Even if polluted water serves no other purpose, it can put out a fire.AlanF_US
  • In our polluted environment, the air is becoming visible.Miktsoanit
  • This water is polluted, do not drink it.MessDjaaf
  • The very air we breathe is polluted with smog from the factory chimneys.auxitt
  • The city is notorious for its polluted air.orcrist
  • The river is polluted by waste from houses and factories.CM
  • This river is so polluted that fish can no longer live in it.CK
  • Cities are usually much more polluted than villages.mailohilohi

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