Not Pure Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is TAINTED which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: TAINTED

Updated: October 11, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood

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We think the answer is "TAINTED" which means:

adjective satellite

• Touched by rot or decay

verb

• To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
• To spoil (food) by contamination.
• To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
• To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
• To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
• To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.
• To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
• To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
• To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

adjective

• Corrupted or filled with imperfections.
• (of data) originating from an untrusted source.

An example sentence would be:

• "The tainted meat caused an outbreak of food poisoning."
• "Her reputation has been tainted by the scandal."

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Clue Last Found In...

Source	#Number	Answer
New York Times21 Jul 2009	Down 44
The Guardian Quick20 Dec 2002	Down 2
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