uninfected
Britishadjective
Vocabulary lists containing uninfected
Example Sentences
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We could isolate someone and keep everyone else uninfected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
He's not up to mischief: these are males that don't bite, and they carry a gut bacteria called Wolbachia, which means when they mate with uninfected females, the eggs won't hatch.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Saltiveri, who employs strict and longstanding mandatory biosecurity measures, is confident that his and other farms will remain uninfected.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
Although this only applied to certain strains, when infected they produced fewer spores than the uninfected fungi.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2024
The only survivors of the experiment were the two control monkeys—the healthy, uninfected monkeys that lived in cages across the room from the sick monkeys.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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