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un·nat·u·ral
 unnatural
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- pronunciation:
- uhn
naech
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[or]
uhn
naech
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
contrary to or violating natural laws or processes.
- synonyms:
- freak
- antonyms:
- natural
- similar words:
- anomalous, eerie, extraordinary, peculiar, preternatural, supernatural, uncanny, uncommon, unearthly, unusual, weird
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| definition 2: |
differing from the character, nature, or normal pattern of an individual, society, or the like.
- synonyms:
- aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, deviant
- antonyms:
- natural, normal
- similar words:
- foreign, irregular, odd, perverted, queer, stiff, strange, uncommon
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| definition 3: |
not genuine or sincere; artificial or contrived.
- synonyms:
- artificial
- antonyms:
- genuine, natural
- similar words:
- affected, contrived, forced, insincere, phony, plastic, stilted, theatrical, wooden
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| definition 4: |
lacking or contrary to normal human feelings; monstrous; inhuman.
- synonyms:
- inhuman
- antonyms:
- human, natural
- similar words:
- aberrant, abnormal, cold-blooded, grotesque, monstrous
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| related words: |
affected, eerie, genteel, grotesque, perverted, plastic, supernatural, theatrical, uncanny, unearthly, weird |
adverb + (adj.)unnatural
completely, highly, inherently, seemingly, somehow, somewhat, surely
(adj.)unnatural
+ adverb
first, normally, therefore
(adj.)unnatural
+ noun
acid,
act,
alliance,
amino,
angle,
birth,
blackness,
brightness,
calm,
cause,
clarity,
color,
convenience,
creature,
darkness,
death,
desire,
diet,
disaster,
disturbance,
environment,
glow,
grain,
habitat,
hue,
ingredient,
laugh,
laughter,
light,
monster,
motion,
noise,
odor,
orange,
organism,
passion,
phenomenon,
pose,
position,
promise,
proportion,
quiet,
restraint,
roar,
selection,
setting,
shape,
silence,
sound,
stillness,
tone,
unison,
variation
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| derivations: |
unnaturally (adv.), unnaturalness (n.) |
The word unnatural
contains the following parts:
un-1
Old English
prefix
that means not
  More about this word part:
The prefix un1 attaches to adjectives to create adjectives that mean the opposite of the base word.
Example words:
unable, unarmed, unaware, unbeaten, unbelievable, uncertain, uncivil, unclear, uncomfortable, uncommon, unconscious, unconstitutional, uncooperative, undecided, undue, unemployed, uneasy, unequal, uneven, unequivocal, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unfair, unfamiliar, unfinished, unfortunate, unfriendly, unhappy, unhealthy, unimportant, uninhabited, uninterested, unkempt, unkind, unknown, unlawful, unlike, unlimited, unlucky, unnatural, unnecessary, unorthodox, unpleasant, unpopular, unreliable, unreasonable, unsafe, unsatisfactory, unstable, unsteady, untidy, untrue, unusual, unwell
- synonyms:
- dis-, de-, in-2
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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