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impurity n. 1 pollution, contamination, defilement, adulteration,
dirtiness, uncleanness, foulness: The impurity of the water in
our rivers is a cause for concern. 2 Often, impurities. dirt,
contaminant, pollutant, pollution, smut, filth, foreign matter
or body: This filter is guaranteed to remove impurities from
the water. 3 unchastity, immorality, sinfulness, wickedness,
evil, vileness, corruption, degeneration, depravity, looseness,
wantonness, lust, lustfulness, promiscuity, promiscuousness,
libidinousness, dissoluteness, licentiousness, obscenity,
prurience, dirtiness, filthiness, lubricity, salaciousness,
lasciviousness, lewdness, lecherousness: Children ought not be
exposed to the impurity encountered on everyday television.
imputation
n. charge, indictment, accusation, allegation, challenge,
censure, blame, reproach, slur, aspersion, attribution,
ascription, insinuation, implication, innuendo: I resent the
imputation that I broke the vase on purpose.
impute v. ascribe, assign, attribute, credit, charge, put or set down
to; insinuate, imply, suggest, hint at: The critic imputed
meanings to the book that the author had never intended.
9.6 inability...
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inability n. incapacity, incapability, incompetence, unfitness,
ineptness, ineptitude, unqualifiedness, impotence: The
inability of many school-leavers to perform simple arithmetical
tasks is deeply worrying.
inaccessible
adj. 1 unavailable, unobtainable, unattainable, unreachable,
unapproachable: The minister has made himself inaccessible for
interviews. 2 impenetrable, impassable, out-of-the-way: The
tomb lies in a part of the jungle inaccessible except by air.
inaccurate
adj. wrong, incorrect, erroneous, mistaken, inexact, imprecise,
faulty, flawed, imperfect, amiss, awry, false, fallacious,
illogical, unsound, Colloq off the mark, off the beam, cold,
Chiefly US all wet, US (way) off base Slang cock-eyed, full of