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immune
Meaning: protected against a particular disease or influence
immune in a sentence
How immune is used in real sentences:
After the vaccine, most students were immune to the virus.
Because she had already recovered from the illness once, doctors believed she was immune to catching it again.
“Dolphins were immune because the illness did not affect their kind, but Mira could still catch it.”
— from the passage The Lantern Captain
Synonyms for immune
Other words for immune — resistant, protected and unaffected — carry the same meaning.
- resistant
- protected
- unaffected
Antonyms of immune
Words that mean the opposite of immune:
- susceptible
- vulnerable
Where it comes from
From Latin immunis 'exempt from public service'
Memory hook
IMMUNE — think of your immune system fighting off germs.