contaminant
[ kuhn-tam-uh-nuhnt ]
/ kənˈtæm ə nənt /
noun
something that contaminates.
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a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
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a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUTOrigin of contaminant
1920–25; <Latin contāminant- (stem of contāmināns), present participle of contāmināre.See contaminate, -ant
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Example sentences from the Web for contaminant
If you have a—a contaminant on board your ship, sir, it didn't come from the Lancet.
Contamination Crew|Alan Edward Nourse