UNNATURAL

affected, unnatural

(adjective) speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

unnatural

(adjective) not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature; “an unnatural death”; “the child’s unnatural interest in death”

abnormal, unnatural

(adjective) not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm; “abnormal powers of concentration”; “abnormal amounts of rain”; “abnormal circumstances”; “an abnormal interest in food”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

unnatural (comparative more unnatural, superlative most unnatural)

Not natural.

Not occurring in nature, the environment or atmosphere

Going against nature; perverse.

Antonyms

• natural

Anagrams

• lunarnaut

Source: Wiktionary


Un*nat"u*ral, a.

Definition: Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes.

Syn.

– See Factitious.

– Un*nat"u*ral*ly, adv.

– Un*nat"u*ral*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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