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adulterated
This term carries a strong negative connotation of deception and betrayal of trust. In a commercial or legal sense, it specifically refers to the fraudulent act of making a product cheaper or less effective by adding inferior ingredients, often to increase profit margins. It is more technical and severe than "diluted," which simply implies a reduction in strength.
When used in a figurative or artistic sense, the word suggests a loss of integrity or a corruption of an original, pure ideal. It implies that the addition of an outside influence has not just changed the subject, but has actively degraded its quality or authenticity.
Meanings
Examples
The inspector found that the olive oil had been adulterated with cheaper seed oils.
The company was fined for selling adulterated medication to unsuspecting patients.
The company was fined for selling adulterated medication to unsuspecting patients.
This wine tastes off, as if it has been adulterated with something synthetic.
He feared that the ancient texts had been adulterated by later scribes.
The purity of the gold was compromised by an adulterated alloy.
Is this genuine saffron or some adulterated substitute?
The once pure philosophy had become an adulterated version of its original self.