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adulterate
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
adulterates; adulterated; adulterating
adulterates; adulterated; adulterating
Learner's definition of ADULTERATE
[+ object]
: to make (something, such as a food or drink) impure or weaker by adding something of poor quality（在食品或饮料等中）掺假，掺杂
- The company is accused of adulterating its products with cheap additives.这家公司被控在其产品中掺入廉价的添加剂。
adul·ter·ate ə-ˈdəl-tə-ˌrāt 
adulterated; adulterating
: to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
adul·ter·ate ə-ˈdəl-t(ə-)rət
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Verb The company is accused of adulterating its products with cheap additives. the company was fined for adulterating its “all beef” frankfurters with cereal Adjective the pharmacist was convicted of selling adulterate drugs in order to maximize profits caught red-handed in what he claimed was his first adulterate encounter
Recent Examples on the Web
Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 1 Dec. 2021 Taking them off the placebo could adulterate trial data and compromise other companies’ vaccine trials if their volunteers drop out to get Pfizer’s vaccine. Rolfe Winkler, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2020 On Wednesday, forensic experts are expected to testify about the likely ingestion of certain drugs with date-rape effects by Habboub and Hayes, whose drink Banas is charged with adulterating in 2014, based on analysis of hair samples. Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2020 First came soy milk, offered in cafeterias as an alternative with which the lactose-intolerant could adulterate their covfefe. Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2020 Of the drugs described as being potentially adulterated are skincare and Assured Brand products. Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 15 Nov. 2019 In the canon of infidelity drama, Harold Pinter’s Betrayal may hold the distinction of being the least … adulterated. Allison Adato, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2019 The new law says Maine would not consider edibles produced with recreational marijuana adulterated. Washington Post, 27 June 2019 Prosecutors charged 47-year-old Conrrado Cruz Perez of Minneapolis with adulterating a substance with bodily fluids. Fox News, 8 Mar. 2018 See More
Verb
Fentanyl can be used to adulterate meth sold on the street. Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 1 Dec. 2021 Taking them off the placebo could adulterate trial data and compromise other companies’ vaccine trials if their volunteers drop out to get Pfizer’s vaccine. Rolfe Winkler, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2020 On Wednesday, forensic experts are expected to testify about the likely ingestion of certain drugs with date-rape effects by Habboub and Hayes, whose drink Banas is charged with adulterating in 2014, based on analysis of hair samples. Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2020 First came soy milk, offered in cafeterias as an alternative with which the lactose-intolerant could adulterate their covfefe. Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2020 Of the drugs described as being potentially adulterated are skincare and Assured Brand products. Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 15 Nov. 2019 In the canon of infidelity drama, Harold Pinter’s Betrayal may hold the distinction of being the least … adulterated. Allison Adato, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2019 The new law says Maine would not consider edibles produced with recreational marijuana adulterated. Washington Post, 27 June 2019 Prosecutors charged 47-year-old Conrrado Cruz Perez of Minneapolis with adulterating a substance with bodily fluids. Fox News, 8 Mar. 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb
borrowed from Latin adulterātus, past participle of adulterāre "to defile by adultery, commit adultery with, mix with another substance, pollute," from ad- ad- + -alterāre, verbal derivative of alter "second, other" — more at alter
Adjective
borrowed from Latin adulterātus — more at adulterate entry 1
First Known Use
Verb
circa 1526, in the meaning defined above
Adjective
circa 1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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