immune

5 definitions • 6 examples

protected against a particular disease by particular substances in the blood:

immune to Most people who've had chickenpox once are immune to it for the rest of their lives.

He seems to be immune to colds - he just never gets them.

not affected or upset by a particular type of behaviour or emotion:

immune (to) The press had criticized her so often that in the end she had become immune (to it).

not able to be punished or damaged by something:

immune from Journalists, he insisted, must be immune (= protected) from prosecution.

protected against a particular disease or illness by particular substances in the blood:

The vaccine would make infants immune to bacteria that can cause middle ear infections.

Immune also means protected from or unable to be influenced by something, esp. something bad:

She says her mother is immune to criticism from strangers.