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unionized en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• yo͞onʹyə-nīzd (US)
• /ˈjunjənaɪzd/ (US)
• /ˈjuːnjənaɪzd/ (UK)

Etymology

From unionize, from union + -ize.

Meanings

1. (adjective, error-misspelling, of workers, participle, qualifier:companies; or industries; companies; or industries) Organized into a trades union or trades unions.
   • Bumblemore was constantly calling the house elves in to fix this or that thing, but they were unionized and often on strike, so everybody had learned to accept unflushing toilets and small electrical fires […] 2002, Michael Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody, page 25:

Forms

Antonyms

unorganized

Deriveds

overunionized · ununionized · nonunionized

Relateds

scab

unionized en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• yo͞onʹyə-nīzd (US)
• /ˈjunjənaɪzd/ (US)
• /ˈjuːnjənaɪzd/ (UK)

Etymology

From unionize, from union + -ize.

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of unionize
   form of unionize

Forms

unionized en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• ŭn-īʹən-īzd
• /ʌnˈaɪənaɪzd/

Etymology

From un- + ionized, from ionize.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of un-ionized.
   alt of un-ionized

Forms