Immune Definition

ĭ-myo͝on

adjective

Protected against something disagreeable or harmful.

Webster's New World

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

Immune from being eliminated in a contest.

American Heritage

Having legal immunity.

Immune from taxation.

American Heritage

Not affected by a given influence; unresponsive.

Immune to persuasion.

American Heritage

Not susceptible to some specified disease because of the presence of the specific antibodies.

Webster's New World

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noun

An immune person.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Immune

Singular:

immune

Plural:

immunes

From Middle French immun, from Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”)

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Latin immūnis mei-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition