Meaning & use
maculate
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Marked with spots or stains; morally impure or blemished.
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The maculate glass made it hard to see clearly into the courtyard.
Critics called the senator's maculate record an obstacle to reelection.
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Maculate is the rarely used opposite of the far more familiar immaculate, both tracing back to the Latin word macula, meaning spot.
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