adjective

immune

ih-MYOON/ɪˈmjuːn/

Protected from a specified harmful effect.

In an immune person, protective cells neutralize the invading pathogen.

Immune cells surround and neutralize pathogen, educational schematic.

Etymology

The pieces originally described someone not required to perform public service or pay a share. That exemption from burdens became exemption from disease, giving the modern sense of being protected or unaffected.

In context

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no one is no one is immune from criticism from government you learn to live with it and you address it you listen and you think is there any merit in what they're saying

Lowy Institute Media Award Lecture – Ita Buttrose

More examples

She seems immune to criticism and keeps working.
No computer is completely immune to malware.
The agreement makes him immune from prosecution for that offense.

Forms

immune

immunity noun — Protection from disease, harm, or liability.

immunize verb — To make someone resistant to a disease.

Similar words

resistant: Able to withstand harm, but not necessarily completely protected.
protected: Kept safe, often by an external shield or safeguard.
exempt: Free from a requirement, rather than protected against disease.