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   unnatural

   /ʌnˈnatʃ(ə)rəl/

   adjective

   • 1. contrary to the ordinary course of nature; abnormal: "death by unnatural causes" Similar abnormalunusualuncommonextraordinarystrangefreakishfreakqueeroddpeculiarweirdunorthodoxexceptionalirregularatypicaluntypicalnon-typicalanomalousdivergentaberrantbizarrepreternaturalOpposite naturalnormal
   • ▪ (of feelings or behaviour) contrary to what is seen as normal, conventional, or acceptable: "wanting to help other people is not unnatural" Similar pervertedwarpedtwisteddeviantdepraveddegeneratebestialunhealthyimmoralabnormaldecadentinformal:kinkypervysicksickorare:deviativeuncaringunconcernedunfeelinginhumansoullessheartlesscoldcold-bloodedhardhard-heartedcallouscruelbrutalmercilesspitilessremorselessinhumaneevilwickedmonstrousOpposite caring
   • 2. not existing in nature; artificial: "the artificial turf looks an unnatural green" Similar artificialman-madesyntheticmanufacturedfabricatedfakefalsefauxsimulatednot found/existing in natureOpposite naturalgenuine
   • ▪ affected or stilted: "the formal tone of the programmes caused them to sound stilted and unnatural" Similar affectedartificialstiltedself-consciouscontrivedforcedlabouredstudiedstrainedstiffwoodenassumedfeignedfalsebogusfakeinsincerepretendedunspontaneoustheatricalstagymanneredpretentiousinformal:put onphoney

   Derivatives

   • 1. unnaturalness noun

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