What does "unvaccinated" mean?
Not vaccinated.
Unvaccinated
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Not vaccinated.
- Grammar: unvaccinated is listed as adj.
- Useful contrasts: vaccinated, inoculation techniques, vaccina.
- Usage evidence: Rural areas in the U.S. tend to be have higher numbers of unvaccinated children.
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Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not vaccinated. not-comparable
"Several counties and districts of Zhangjiakou city in northern China, which will host some of the Games, are urging residents to get vaccinated, saying it is a "necessary contribution" that they should make for the international event. As part of the city's vaccination campaign, more than 1,800 unvaccinated visitors were dissuaded from entering a park in the Xuanhua district earlier this month and guided to nearby inoculation sites, according to a social media post by the district-level authorities."
Adjective
- 1 not vaccinated wordnet
Antonyms
Example
"Rural areas in the U.S. tend to be have higher numbers of unvaccinated children."
Common questions
How do you use "unvaccinated" in a sentence?
Rural areas in the U.S. tend to be have higher numbers of unvaccinated children.
Etymology
From un- + vaccinated.