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  • adjective Not infectious.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ infectious

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Examples

  • When this brought no reaction, he added, “Three wifes,” and beamed a hardy though uninfectious smile.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • When this brought no reaction, he added, “Three wifes,” and beamed a hardy though uninfectious smile.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • When this brought no reaction, he added, “Three wifes,” and beamed a hardy though uninfectious smile.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • When this brought no reaction, he added, “Three wifes,” and beamed a hardy though uninfectious smile.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • When this brought no reaction, he added, “Three wifes,” and beamed a hardy though uninfectious smile.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • When this brought no reaction, he added, “Three wifes,” and beamed a hardy though uninfectious smile.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • I have felt the deepest interest in the case, Mr Fairlie -- I have endeavoured to assist the regular medical attendant in watching it -- accept my personal assurances of the uninfectious nature of the fever when I last saw it. '

    The Woman in White 1860

  • I have felt the deepest interest in the case, Mr. Fairlie — I have endeavoured to assist the regular medical attendant in watching it — accept my personal assurances of the uninfectious nature of the fever when I last saw it.”

    The Woman in White 2003

  • With an uninfectious laugh, he replied, “Happening?

    Murder Without Icing Lathen, Emma, pseud 1972

  • Mr. Fairlie -- I have endeavoured to assist the regular medical attendant in watching it -- accept my personal assurances of the uninfectious nature of the fever when I last saw it. "

    The Woman in White Wilkie Collins 1856

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