Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

virusproof

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: virus-proof
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resistant to viruses.

adj

Resistant to computer viruses.

Example Sentences

"We are sending a part at least of our vast new army to the American tropics, where our men will be exposed to these lethal viruses, bacteria, and protozoa. There is no virusproof door standing shut between us and our southern neighbors, either."
"People want to be able to install their favorite software on their computer, but they want their computer to be virusproof. Well, the easiest way to make a computer virusproof is to not allow new executable programs to be installed on that system."

Etymology

From virus + -proof.

Inflected Forms

more virusproof (comparative) most virusproof (superlative) virus-proof (alternative)

Questions

What does virusproof mean?: Resistant to viruses.
Where does virusproof come from?: From virus + -proof.

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