Immune
[ɪ'mjuːn] or [ɪ'mjʊn]
Definition
(noun.) a person who is immune to a particular infection.
(adj.) (usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence; 'immune to persuasion' .
(adj.) relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) .
(adj.) secure against; 'immune from taxation as long as he resided in Bermuda'; 'immune from criminal prosecution' .
(adj.) relating to the condition of immunity; 'the immune system' .
Checker: Maisie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Exempt; protected by inoculation.
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Definition
adj. free from obligation: not liable to infection.—n. Immun′ity state of being immune: exemption: privilege.
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Examples
- But his eyes were beautiful and soft and immune from stress or excitement, beautiful and smiling lightly to her, smiling with her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Because, however much he might mentally WILL to be immune and self-complete, the desire for this state was lacking, and he could not create it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He stood firm and immune, he was outside this death and this dying. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I had gotten them immune to it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Hens that had not had chicken cholera could be rendered immune by a series of attenuated inoculations gradually increasing in strength. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Zinc does not combine with oxygen under ordinary circumstances, and hence galvanized iron is immune from rust. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He was immune and perfect. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Without some new dynamic force America, for all her tradition, is not immune to a hardening formalism. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He was alone now, alone and immune in the middle of the waters, which he had all to himself. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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