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Definition impurity in British English

impurity noun

noun
/ɪmˈpjʊərəti/
1

an amount of a substance, especially one that is not valuable or is of low quality, that is present in another substance

Example

new methods for removing the impurities in wine

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2

the quality of not being pure

Example

the impurity of the air breathed by mineworkers

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Definition impurity in British English