unnatural
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4.1
- adjective
- /ʌnˈnætʃərəl/
:
anormal
- So it feels on its face very unnatural, unusual, maybe even dangerous.
- unnatural causes
- dies of unnatural causes
- natural and unnatural
So justice and virtue would be unnatural for us human beings.
- So justice and virtue would be unnatural for us human beings.
- They're those neon green, yellow and blue unnatural colored sports drinks.
- And then their conclusion was an unknown unnatural force killed them.
- There wasn't any, just an eerie, unnatural silence.
- We're seeing loads of people with unnatural blood clots like white calamari inside them.
- So, you know, like wing suiting just was, it's super unnatural to jump half a plane.
- That is what we would think of as unnatural.
- Not quite half met unnatural ends.
- You're going to you're, you're changing the shape of your eye in an unnatural way.
- You do find natural vents and sometimes unnatural vents and stones have to be discarded.
Examples
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I couldn't help thinking there was something unnatural about a frog in a bathroom.
Fiction book (1990) -
It just feels so unnatural to run.
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It's unnatural for your child to go before you.
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Her strength always seemed unnatural.
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But that looks very unnatural next to the iPhone.
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It feels unnatural to me that this is it.
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The assumption is that work is an unnatural behavior carried out by essentially reluctant workers.
Academic text (1993) -
There wasn't any, just an eerie, unnatural silence.
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Seems unnatural, wrong even, for 60-year-olds to dress up as prostitutes and priests on a Sunday afternoon.
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Her sudden ability to speak fluent French felt unnatural to everyone who knew she had never studied the language.
Synonyms
∞
2.3
Unusual and slightly odd in a way you cannot easily understand
∞
3.2
Strange or unusual in a way that makes people feel uncomfortable
∞
2.2
Not common and different from what people expect
913
2.0
Not usual and not like what people expect
798
1.0
Different from what is normal or expected
406
5.9
Very strange or unusual in a way that surprises people
131
4.0
Strange or unusual in a way that attracts attention
123
4.6
Different from what is normal and expected
122
4.6
Not often found or seen and so rare
100
4.2
Different from what is usual in a way that may be worrying
77
6.2
Different from what most people do or accept
52
7.3
Not following the usual rules or customs
48
4.1
Not usual and different from what people expect
27
5.7
Different from what is usual or expected
23
8.1
Not like what is usual or expected
14
3.4
Not following a usual pattern or rule
14
8.2
Different from what is normal, often in a way people see as wrong
3
6.1
Unusual in a way that does not follow normal rules
1
7.0
Not usual and different from what you expect
1
9.9
Not usual or expected in a situation
Not usual or expected
Not following the usual or expected pattern in data
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
Human actions decide which animals or plants live and reproduce rather than nature
How Natural
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unnatural is made from un- meaning 'not' and natural meaning 'from nature' or 'normal'. So something called unnatural is 'not as nature makes it', meaning it is strange, abnormal, or not what we expect.