The meaning of CONTAMINATED is soiled, stained, corrupted, or infected by contact or association. How to use contaminated in a sentence.

CONTAMINATE definition: to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.. See examples of contaminate used in a sentence.

(Definition of contaminated from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

contaminate something (with something) to make a substance or place dirty or no longer pure by adding a substance that is dangerous or carries disease synonym adulterate. The drinking …

contaminated (kənˈtæmɪneɪtɪd) adj made impure by the addition of a harmful or undesirable substance

If something is contaminated by waste, dirt, chemicals, or radiation, it is made dirty or harmful.

to make (something) harmful by the addition of radioactive material: After the nuclear power plant accident, crops were badly contaminated in the area. con•tam•i•na•ble /kənˈtæmənəbəl/ adj.

• No one knows whether the area is contaminated or not. • When whales eat contaminated prey, organochlorines go first to the digestive system, and are then deposited in fatty tissues.

Something that's contaminated is polluted or fouled. People should not drink or brush their teeth with contaminated water. If a medical test or sample becomes contaminated, it means that …

The water was contaminated [= polluted] with chemicals. Be careful not to allow bacteria to contaminate the wound. Don't touch the microchip or the oil on your hands will contaminate it. …