Proper Pronunciation Guide
immunized
[
ɪm jə nɑ͜izd]
Tips:
- Pronounce this word as three syllables, stressing the first one [ɪm].
- Pronounce the letter “u” as /jə/ —the y-like consonant glide /j/ followed by the schwa vowel/ə/.
Practice Sentence:
| They immunized all of the children against smallpox. |
Definition:
(verb, past tense, past participle) To make someone immune, or not able to be affected by something, such as a disease, usually by administering a vaccine.
Notes:
Barack Obama, in his book The Audacity of Hope (2006), mentions the issue of “unimmunized children” (p.262), which is pronounced [ˏʌnɪm jə nɑ͜izd] . The initial vowel receives a secondary stress because it is part of the negative prefix “un.”