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   Un·nat·u·ral

   /ˌənˈnaCH(ə)rəl/

   

   adjective

   • 1. contrary to the ordinary course of nature; abnormal: "death by unnatural causes" Similar abnormalunusualuncommonextraordinarystrangefreakishfreakqueeroddpeculiarweirdunorthodoxexceptionalirregularatypicaluntypicalnontypicalanomalousdivergentaberrantbizarrepreternaturalOpposite naturalnormal
   • ▪ 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 programs caused them to sound stilted and unnatural" Similar affectedartificialstiltedself-consciouscontrivedforcedlaboredstudiedstrainedstiffwoodenassumedfeignedfalsebogusfakeinsincerepretendedunspontaneoustheatricalstagymanneredpretentiousinformal:put onphoney
   • ▪ lacking feelings of kindness and sympathy that are considered to be natural: "they condemned her as an unnatural woman" Similar pervertedwarpedtwisteddeviantdepraveddegeneratebestialunhealthyimmoralabnormaldecadentinformal:kinkypervysicksickorare:deviativeuncaringunconcernedunfeelinginhumansoullessheartlesscoldcold-bloodedhardhard-heartedcallouscruelbrutalmercilesspitilessremorselessinhumaneevilwickedmonstrousOpposite caring

   Derivatives

   • 1. unnaturalness noun

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