adulterated
adjective uk/əˈdʌl.tə.reɪ.tɪd/ us/əˈdʌl.tə.reɪ.t̬ɪd/
(在饮食中)掺杂的，掺假的
Adulterated foods or drugs have been made weaker or worse in quality, especially by having something added to the them.
There has been a government crackdown on adulterated animal feed. 政府一直在打击掺杂动物饲料的生产。
The company was accused of distributing adulterated food. 该公司被指控分销掺假食品。
See: adulterate
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- Customers may unwittingly be eating adulterated chicken.
- Some websites may be selling adulterated drugs.
- An adulterated blood thinner put a spotlight on the safety of drugs manufactured abroad.