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unparasitised

unparasitised is the alternative form of unparasitized.

Meaning of unparasitized

Adjective

unparasitized (not comparable)

  1. Not having been parasitized.
    • As a result, infected pill bugs end up being eaten by birds at a far higher rate than are their unparasitized peers, and the thorn-headed worm lives on.2007 June 26, Natalie Angier, “In Parasite Survival, Ploys to Get Help From a Host”, in New York Times

Origin of unparasitised

From un- + parasitised.

Questions about unparasitised

What is unparasitised the alternative form of?
Unparasitised is the alternative form of unparasitized.

Words near unparasitised in the dictionary

  1. unparanoid
  2. unparaphrasable
  3. unparaphrased
  4. unparasitic
  5. unparasitical
  6. unparasitised
  7. unparasitized
  8. unparboiled
  9. unparcel
  10. unparceled
  11. unparceling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unparasitised (page history and authors); unparasitized (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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