polluting

English

Verb

polluting

1. present participle and gerund of pollute

Adjective

polluting (comparative more polluting, superlative most polluting)

1. Causing pollution; having a tendency to pollute.
   • 2023 May 5, Julie Weed, “AI Is Helping Airlines Prevent Delays and Turbulence”, in The New York Times‎:

     De-icing a plane is expensive, polluting, and time-consuming, so when sudden weather changes mean it has to be done twice, that has an impact on the bottom line, the environment and on-time departures.

   • 2025 April 19, Nicholas Kristof, “What Trump Isn’t Telling You About His Trade War With China”, in The New York Times‎:

     But because rare earths are polluting to mine and process, it can take nearly three decades to get permission to open and operate a rare-earth mine in America, so finding substitutes won’t be easy.

Derived terms

• antipolluting
• nonpolluting
• pollutingly
• unpolluting

Translations

tending to pollute; causing pollution

French: polluant (fr) Italian: inquinante (it) Russian: загрязня́ющий (ru) (zagrjaznjájuščij) Spanish: contaminante Ukrainian: забруднюючий (zabrudnjujučyj), забру́днювальний (zabrúdnjuvalʹnyj)

References

• “polluting”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.