UNAFFECTED

unaffected

(adjective) undergoing no change when acted upon; “entirely unaffected by each other’s writings”; “fibers remained apparently unaffected by the treatment”

unaffected

(adjective) free of artificiality; sincere and genuine; “an unaffected grace”

unaffected, unmoved(p), untouched

(adjective) emotionally unmoved; “always appeared completely unmoved and imperturbable”

unaffected, insensible(p)

(adjective) unaware of or indifferent to; “insensible to the suffering around him”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

unaffected (comparative more unaffected, superlative most unaffected)

Not affected or changed.

Lacking pretense or affectation; natural.

Noun

unaffected (plural unaffecteds)

Someone not affected, as by a disease.

Synonyms

• nonaffected (less common)

Verb

unaffected

simple past tense and past participle of unaffect

Source: Wiktionary


Un`af*fect"ed, a.

1. Not affected or moved; destitute of affection or emotion; uninfluenced. A poor, cold, unspirited, unmannered, Unhonest, unaffected, undone fool. J. Fletcher.

2. Free from affectation; plain; simple; natural; real; sincere; genuine; as, unaffected sorrow.

– Un`af*fect"ed*ly, adv.

– Un`af*fect"ed*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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