unclarified

adjective

Definition of unclarifiednext
as in unfiltered

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  1. unfiltered
  2. contaminated
  3. tainted
  4. adulterated
  5. diluted
  6. unrefined
  7. polluted
  8. impure
Adjective
  • That is the true, unfiltered version of our terrible stage-parent pride.
    — Alyssa Rotunno, InStyle, 4 July 2026
  • The bottles of funky unfiltered wine that line the shelves of Apiri Greek Eatery in hip, central Heraklion—Crete’s largest city with a leafy, Venetian history-addled center—are proof.
    — Shannon McMahon, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2026
Definition of unfiltered
Adjective
  • The life-threatening species that's found in water can also sicken or kill people who eat contaminated seafood, such as raw oysters infected with the bacteria.
    — Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Every dollar a family spends on cancer treatment or a hospital stay tied to contaminated water is a dollar that better rules could have saved them.
    — Alex Burton, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
Definition of contaminated
Adjective
  • Close to half of the cases of foodborne illness caused by Vibrio vulnificus have resulted in death, and some within 24 hours after consumption of tainted shellfish such as raw oysters.
    — Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Another juvenile in detention passed around the tainted jug, according to the suit.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of tainted
Adjective
  • Navarro, who pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy in August, was sentenced Friday in Manhattan by federal Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil for being part of a conspiracy to distribute and administer adulterated and misbranded drugs for racehorses.
    — Stephen Edelson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2021
Definition of adulterated
Adjective
  • By contrast, brewing coffee takes several minutes, resulting in a lighter, more diluted drink.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 June 2026
  • To help remove sugar or milk, spray the area with diluted dishwashing soap solution.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 25 June 2026
Definition of diluted
Adjective
  • Such tools helped the New York Yankees make stars out of two unrefined college players, right-hander Cam Schlittler, a seventh-rounder out of Northeastern, and first baseman Ben Rice, a 12th-rounder out of Dartmouth.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Lucas Blalock likewise finds tragicomic potential in photography itself, inverting Photoshop as a mere tool of postproduction to foreground it as generative and creative, leaving visible traces of labor in ugly edits and unrefined refinements.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
Definition of unrefined
Adjective
  • If one neighborhood is highly polluted but nearby communities aren’t, county-level averages would show an overall low level of pollution – even though the more detailed information would reveal a major problem to be addressed in one particular area.
    — Mark Axelrod, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
  • Mayflies lay up to 10,000 eggs in the water, and their nymphs can't survive in water that is polluted.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
Definition of polluted
Adjective
  • Wise’s wistful songwriting is retained, but completely missing is his intentionally impure palette.
    — Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Kanto practitioners believe that women cannot participate because, according to Japan's Shinto religion, women's blood from menstruation and childbirth is considered impure for the purpose of religious rituals.
    — Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Definition of impure
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