unnatural

un·nat·u·ral

adj \ˌən-ˈna-chə-rəl, -ˈnach-rəl\

Definition of UNNATURAL

1

: not being in accordance with nature or consistent with a normal course of events

2

a : not being in accordance with normal human feelings or behavior : perverse b : lacking ease and naturalness : contrived <her manner was forced and unnatural> c : inconsistent with what is reasonable or expected <an unnatural alliance>

— un·nat·u·ral·ly \-ˈna-chə-rə-lē, -ˈnach-rə-, -ˈna-chər-\ adverb

— un·nat·u·ral·ness \-ˈna-chə-rəl-nəs, -ˈnach-rəl-\ noun

Examples of UNNATURAL

1. It seems unnatural to keep the bird in a cage.
2. She has an unnatural obsession with money.
3. Her smile looked forced and unnatural.

First Known Use of UNNATURAL

14th century

Related to UNNATURAL

Synonyms: aberrant, aberrational, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, deviate, devious, irregular, deviant, untypical

Antonyms: natural, normal, regular, standard, typical

Related Words: unrepresentative; extraordinary, preternatural; rare, uncommon, uncustomary, unusual, unwonted; bizarre, curious, far-out, funny, kinky, odd, outlandish, out-of-the-way, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, screwy, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, wild; eccentric, freakish, idiosyncratic, nonconformist, unconventional, unorthodox; extraordinary, preternatural; rare, uncommon, uncustomary, unusual, unwonted; odd, peculiar, strange

Near Antonyms: common, commonplace, everyday, familiar, ordinary, routine, run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine (or run-of-mine), unexceptional, unremarkable, workaday; customary, usual, wonted; archetypal (also archetypical), average, characteristic, representative

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Rhymes with UNNATURAL

connatural, transnatural