unionized

Alternative forms

• unionised

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjuːnjənaɪzd/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• (US) enPR: yo͞onʹyə-nīzd, IPA^(key): /ˈjunjənaɪzd/

Verb

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 […]

Antonyms

• unorganized

See also

• scab

Pronunciation

• enPR: ŭn-īʹən-īzd, IPA^(key): /ʌnˈaɪənaɪzd/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

Adjective

unionized (comparative more unionized, superlative most unionized)

1. Alternative form of un-ionized.