uncontrived

Examples

• All

• Amazing, uncontrived, great pacing, episode elling story.

  H3 Podcast

• And because the data is actually so good, if you confine yourselves to simply presenting it in as uncontrived and unadorned a way as possible, it will sell itself, despite the obvious initial sense of 'WTF'?

  Blog text (7)

• Her laughter was so genuine and uncontrived, it made everyone feel at ease.

• He gave an uncontrived response that reflected his true feelings about the situation.

Synonyms

S

spontaneous

vsuncontrived

187 4.2

Happening naturally without planning or outside cause

is similar but stresses genuine feeling rather than only lack of planning

U

unplanned

vsuncontrived

25 3.5

Happening by chance without getting ready first

emphasises genuine authenticity rather than merely accidental occurrence

U

unforced

vsuncontrived

7 4.9

Happens naturally without pressure or effort

is about natural genuineness rather than lack of external pressure alone

U

unpremeditated

vsuncontrived

2 7.5

Happening without being planned or thought about first

keeps focus on sincere natural quality rather than only no prior planning

I

improvisatory

vsuncontrived

1 7.7

Happens without planning, often on the spot

is more about true naturalness and sincerity than improvised creation

U

unfeigned

vsuncontrived

• Formal

1 7.9

Showing real feeling and not pretending

is about authenticity of feeling rather than absence of planning

U

unstudied

vsuncontrived

1 6.4

Not planned or practiced and seeming natural

is broader, meaning genuineness rather than just lack of rehearsal

U

unmanipulated

vsuncontrived

1 5.8

In its original state and not changed by people

is about natural genuineness rather than simply not being altered

U

unconstructed

vsuncontrived

6.0

Speech or action that feels natural and not planned

is natural but emphasises genuine authenticity rather than only being unplanned

U

unmannered

vsuncontrived

6.3

Natural and simple in behavior, not formal or fake

focuses on genuine simplicity rather than only absence of planning

U

unacted

vsuncontrived

6.1

Genuine and sincere, not pretended

focuses on real feeling rather than mere lack of planning

Antonyms

A

artificial

267 3.6

Made by people rather than by nature, often as a copy of something natural

C

contrived

28 7.4

Planned or made so it feels artificial and not natural

How Natural

natural

660 1.0

genuine

156 3.2

uncontrived

7.0

contrived

28 7.4

artificial

267 3.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology