mune

M3U1N1E1

adjective

Not immune; subject or vulnerable to (something).

OriginLatin immūnis →
UncommonScrabble 6
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Meanings

mune1

adjectivemune (not comparable)
  1. humorousinformalnot comparableproscribedNot immune; subject or vulnerable to (something).

    My immune system is so fucked it's now a mune system.

    2012 December 24, Stephen Brocklehurst, Lifeaholic, New Generation Publishing, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    You know, of course, that the writer of the book is immune to shame—that only the peddler of said book is mune—and, I must say that the most shameful person or persons involved are those that condone—such as Mr. Rexroth[…]

    2003, Gregory Corso, An Accidental Autobiography: The Selected Letters of Gregory Corso, New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, page 44

    Mac: But no matter what she does, they don't mind. It's like they're immune. Bloo: Well, we'll just have to make them mune by any means necessary.

    2005, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, "Duchess of Wails" (season 3, episode 5)

MUNE2

nounMUNE (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of motor unit number estimation.

Origin

  1. Latinimmūnis“exempt from public service”
  2. Englishmune

Formed under the implication that the word immune was formed in modern English with the prefix im- and another word. The word immune was actually formed from a prefix in Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

mune. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mune

MLA

“mune.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mune. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mune,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mune.

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