uninfected

Examples

• All

• There was also a little disparity between the infected and uninfected schoolchildren with respect to height.

  Academic text (2007)

• For example, poor ventilation and overcrowding in homes, workplaces, and communities increase the likelihood of uninfected individuals being exposed to TB infection.

  Academic text (2011)

• Only the uninfected ones were permitted to go.

  Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)

• The opposite occurred in uninfected plots.

  Academic text (2002)

• While such a policy might increase levels of protection for uninfected service members, it could prove disastrous to those separated.

  Academic text (1992)

• Such measures could go far to protect the rights of uninfected personnel and thereby ensure the readiness of the military.

  Academic text (1992)

• You're the first uninfected person we've seen in six days.

  28 Days Later (2002)

• Besieged tomato plants, for instance, may bear fewer and smaller tomatoes than uninfected ones.

  Academic text (1995)

• Hahn notes that these monkeys' African cousins are infected with SIV; it isn't known why this population is uninfected.

  Academic text (2004)

• The doctor assured her that the results showed she was still uninfected after the outbreak.

Synonyms

C

clean

vsuninfected

∞ 1.0

Free from dirt or harmful things

focuses on not carrying infection rather than only visible cleanliness

S

sterile

vsuninfected

• Specialized

37 4.4

Completely free from germs

is concerned with lacking infection but not always complete sterility

U

uncontaminated

vsuninfected

3 5.2

Free from harmful or unwanted things

is specifically about absence of infection, not general impurity or pollution

U

unpolluted

vsuninfected

3 3.9

Clean and not made dirty by harmful substances

is used for absence of infection rather than general environmental cleanliness

U

undiseased

vsuninfected

1 6.3

Not sick or infected

focuses specifically on lack of infection rather than general health

N

non-infected

vsuninfected

3.6

Does not have an infection

is the same meaning but often written without a hyphen

N

nonseptic

vsuninfected

• Specialized

6.4

A wound or inflammation that is not caused by germs

is the general term for absence of infection outside technical settings

G

germfree

vsuninfected

4.4

Free of tiny living things that cause disease

is less absolute, focusing simply on absence of infection

U

unafflicted

vsuninfected

5.5

Not affected by pain, trouble, or disease

is limited to absence of infection rather than wider relief from suffering

U

uncolonized

vsuninfected

• Specialized

5.9

Free of living things such as bacteria, fungi, or plants

focuses on not having infection rather than just lacking colonizing organisms

Antonyms

I

infected

5 3.3

Having germs like bacteria or viruses that make the body sick

How Infected

septic

• Specialized

19 7.2

infected

5 3.3

contaminated

4.7

uninfected

5 3.4

sterile

• Specialized

37 4.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology