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adulteration: the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another); being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating

incompleteness collapse: the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect; "the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research"; "the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable"

watering collapse: wetting with water; "the lawn needs a great deal of watering"

impairment collapse: damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality

infection collapse: (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure; moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"; an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted; (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease; (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound; the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

poisoning collapse: the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill; the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

pollution collapse: undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities

unevenness collapse: the quality of being unbalanced; the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity

lack collapse: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"

festering collapse: (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

filth collapse: a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse; any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant

impurity collapse: the condition of being impure; worthless or dangerous material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water"

perversion collapse: the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); "it was a perversion of justice"; an aberrant sexual practice that is preferred to normal intercourse; a curve that reverses the direction of something; "the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion"; "perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords"

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