adulteration

• Существительное, обозначающее процесс или результат ухудшения качества или чистоты чего-либо путем добавления постороннего или низкокачественного вещества, часто включающее незаконную замену одного вещества другим.

A noun referring to the process or result of making something impure or inferior by adding an extraneous or inferior substance, often involving the illicit substitution of one substance for another.

uncountable

1. The act of making something impureC1formal

   The process of adding inferior or harmful substances to a product, making it less pure or lower in quality.

   Фальсификация

   • The adulteration of milk with water is illegal in many countries.
   • Food adulteration poses serious health risks to consumers.
   • The company was fined for the adulteration of its organic products.

   Synonymscontaminationcorruptiondebasementfalsificationpollutionspoiling

   Antonymscleansingpurificationrefinement

2. The result of being mixed with foreign materialC1formal

   A product that has been contaminated or debased by the addition of extraneous or inferior substances.

   Фальсификация

   • The laboratory detected adulteration in the olive oil sample.
   • The adulteration of the spice was discovered during a routine inspection.
   • The drug's adulteration made it ineffective and dangerous.

   Synonymscontaminationcorruptiondebasementdefilementimpuritypollutiontaint

   Antonymspurificationpurityrefinement