Nonimmune (Adjective)
Meaning
(often followed by `to') likely to be affected with; "liable to diabetes".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The tourists were nonimmune to the local disease and many of them fell ill during their trip.
- The child was nonimmune to the virus and contracted it on her first day of school.
- People who have never had chickenpox are nonimmune to the virus and can contract it at any age.
- The elderly are often nonimmune to pneumonia and other respiratory infections due to their weakened immune systems.
- Travelers to tropical countries are nonimmune to diseases such as malaria and dengue fever and must take precautions to prevent infection.