contaminative

• Veraltetes Adjektiv mit der Bedeutung 'die Eigenschaft habend, zu verunreinigen oder unrein zu machen'; im modernen Englisch selten verwendet.

An obsolete adjective meaning having the quality of contaminating or making impure; rarely used in modern English.

1. Causing contaminationC1formal

   Having the quality or tendency to make something impure, unclean, or polluted through contact or mixing.

   Verunreinigend

   • The contaminative waste from the factory was dumped into the river.
   • Certain bacteria are highly contaminative in a sterile environment.
   • The contaminative effect of the spill was felt for miles downstream.

   Synonymecontaminatingcorrupting

   Antonymecleansingpurifying