infested
adjective
overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner by predatory animals or vermin (often used in combination).
uninfested
-
a word derived from
infested.
Example Sentences
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Once established, it has the potential to spread to uninfested areas through natural means or through the movement of infested articles.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2019
Systemic pesticides can save some trees that are only partially damaged and kill the larvae that begin eating previously uninfested trees.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 4, 2014
They decided that the grassy valley was almost uninfested by things dangerous.
From The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man by Stanley Waterloo
Then, by accident largely, I chanced upon the plot to bull the cotton market by introducing the boll weevil into the uninfested cotton area, and checked that.
From The Secret of Lonesome Cove by Samuel Hopkins Adams
The man could have gone back through several doors into the building itself, or eastward, through some dilapidated yards, into a street that was uninfested by patrols, and dark as the bottom of a well.
From A War-Time Wooing A Story by Charles King
