unionized

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English

Etymology 1

From unionize, from union +‎ -ize.

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unionized

  1. simple past and past participle of unionize

Adjective

unionized (comparative more unionized, superlative most unionized)

  1. (participial adjective, of workers, workforces, companies, or industries) Organized into a trades union or trades unions.
    • 2002, Michael Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody, page 25:
      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 []

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Etymology 2

From un- +‎ ionized, from ionize.

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Adjective

unionized (comparative more unionized, superlative most unionized)

  1. Alternative form of un-ionized.
Usage notes

See un-ionized § Usage notes.