unpure

adjective, pur·er, pur·est.

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.
    1. homozygous.
    2. containing only one characteristic for a trait.
18. Phonetics. monophthongal.

adjective

1. not mixed with any extraneous or dissimilar materials, elements, etcpure nitrogen
2. free from tainting or polluting matter; clean; wholesomepure water
3. free from moral taint or defilementpure love
4. (prenominal) (intensifier)pure stupidity; a pure coincidence
5. (of a subject, etc) studied in its theoretical aspects rather than for its practical applicationspure 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
    1. (of a sound) composed of a single frequency without overtones
    2. (of intervals in the system of just intonation) mathematically accurate in respect to the ratio of one frequency to another

adj.c.1300 (late 12c. as a surname, and Old English had purlamb “lamb without a blemish”), “unmixed,” also “absolutely, entirely,” from Old French pur “pure, simple, absolute, unalloyed,” figuratively “simple, sheer, mere” (12c.), from Latin purus “clean, clear; unmixed; unadorned; chaste, undefiled,” from PIE root *peue- “to purify, cleanse” (cf. Latin putus “clear, pure;” Sanskrit pavate “purifies, cleanses,” putah “pure;” Middle Irish ur “fresh, new;” Old High German fowen “to sift”). Replaced Old English hlutor. Meaning “free from moral corruption” is first recorded mid-14c. In reference to bloodlines, attested from late 15c. adj.

1. Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed.
2. Free from adulterants or impurities.
3. Produced by self-fertilization or continual inbreeding; homozygous.