Unpure
adjective, purer, purest.
1.
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
pure gold; pure water.
2.
unmodified by an admixture; simple or homogeneous.
3.
of unmixed descent or ancestry:
a pure breed of dog.
4.
free from foreign or inappropriate elements:
pure Attic Greek.
5.
clear; free from blemishes:
pure skin.
6.
(of literary style) straightforward; unaffected.
7.
abstract or theoretical (opposed to applied):
pure science.
8.
without any discordant quality; clear and true:
pure tones in music.
9.
absolute; utter; sheer:
to sing for pure joy.
10.
being that and nothing else; mere:
a pure accident.
11.
clean, spotless, or unsullied:
pure hands.
12.
untainted with evil; innocent:
pure in heart.
13.
physically chaste; virgin.
14.
ceremonially or ritually clean.
15.
free of or without guilt; guiltless.
16.
independent of sense or experience:
pure knowledge.
17.
Biology, Genetics.
homozygous.
containing only one characteristic for a trait.
18.
Phonetics. monophthongal.
adjective
1.
not mixed with any extraneous or dissimilar materials, elements, etc: pure nitrogen
2.
free from tainting or polluting matter; clean; wholesome: pure water
3.
free from moral taint or defilement: pure love
4.
(prenominal) (intensifier): pure stupidity, a pure coincidence
5.
(of a subject, etc) studied in its theoretical aspects rather than for its practical applications: pure mathematics, pure science Compare applied
6.
(of a vowel) pronounced with more or less unvarying quality without any glide; monophthongal
7.
(of a consonant) not accompanied by another consonant
8.
of supposedly unmixed racial descent
9.
(genetics, biology) breeding true for one or more characteristics; homozygous
10.
(music)
(of a sound) composed of a single frequency without overtones
(of intervals in the system of just intonation) mathematically accurate in respect to the ratio of one frequency to another
pure (pyur)
adj. pur·er, pur·est
Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed.
Free from adulterants or impurities.
Produced by self-fertilization or continual inbreeding; homozygous.
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