immune

adjective

/ɪˈmjuːn/

Definition

› protected against a particular disease by particular substances in the blood: Most people who've had chickenpox once are immune to it for the rest of their lives. He seems to be immune to colds - he just never gets them.Immunology and vaccination C2 [after verb] not affected or upset by a particular type of behaviour or emotion: The press had criticized her so often that in the end she had become immune (to it).Not showing or feeling emotionsControlling emotions › [after verb] not able to be punished or damaged by something: Journalists, he insisted, must be immune (= protected) from prosecution.Safe and secure

(Definition of immune adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)