unvaccinated
adjective
un·vac·ci·nat·ed
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Definition of unvaccinated
: not having received a vaccine : not vaccinated
children unvaccinated for measles
Examples of unvaccinated in a Sentence
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The county executive took the extraordinary step of declaring a public health emergency barring unvaccinated children from public places. — Rebecca Liebson, New York Times, "Uproar Over Anti-Semitic Video Produced by Republicans in N.Y. County," 30 Aug. 2019 With the rate of unvaccinated children on the rise, Jenni is increasingly concerned for her daughter’s safety. — Jenni Balck As Told To Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, "My Child Can’t Get Vaccinated. Here’s What Life Is Like for Us.," 26 Aug. 2019 There had been emergency declarations, and decrees prohibiting unvaccinated children from attending school, no matter their parents’ beliefs. — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, "The Message of Measles," 26 Aug. 2019 Quick containment is pivotal, particularly for the district’s 66 unvaccinated children, or those who have claimed a permanent medical exemption and are missing at least one vaccination. — Andrew J. Campa, Burbank Leader, "State says Burbank Unified’s kindergartens are ‘safe’ in defending against disease outbreaks," 6 Aug. 2019 Even unvaccinated children appear to be benefiting from the vaccine’s use. — Tara Haelle, Scientific American, "Two-for-One: Chickenpox Vaccine Lowers Shingles Risk in Children," 11 June 2019 The outbreaks are largely occurring in communities of unvaccinated people, either due to religious beliefs or misinformation that has spread online about the safety of vaccines. — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, "Seattle Nurse Contracts Measles from Patient — Despite Being Fully Vaccinated," 16 July 2019 The health agency canceled extracurricular activities and later imposed a temporary ban on school attendance for unvaccinated students as the chickenpox outbreak spread. — USA TODAY, "Women in baseball, Lynyrd Skynyrd, circus fire: News from around our 50 states," 1 July 2019 The department had issued the ban on unvaccinated students to try to curb the spread of an outbreak of chickenpox at the school, involving 32 cases at the time. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Anti-vax teen that fought ban amid chickenpox outbreak loses in court—again," 1 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unvaccinated.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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unvaccinated
adjective
un·vac·ci·nat·ed
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Medical Definition of unvaccinated
: not vaccinated
unvaccinated children