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Polluted

/pəˈlutɪd/
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(adj) Made unclean or impure.

The very air we breathe is polluted with smog from the factory chimneys.
The city is notorious for its polluted air.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The beach was so ____ with plastic waste that the local council closed it to swimmers.

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