unaffected

¹

[ uhn-uh-fek-tid ]

adjective

1. free from affectation; sincere; genuine:

   The man showed unaffected grief at the death of his former opponent.

   Synonyms: naive, artless, unfeigned, real, honest, simple, natural, plain, guileless

2. unpretentious, as a personality or literary style.

unaffected

²

[ uhn-uh-fek-tid ]

adjective

1. not affected, affect, affected, acted upon, or influenced; unchanged; unaltered:

   The laboratory clock remained accurate, unaffected by the explosion.

   Synonyms: unstirred, unmoved, untouched

unaffected

¹

/ ˌʌnəˈfɛktɪd /

adjective

1. not affected

unaffected

²

/ ˌʌnəˈfɛktɪd /

adjective

1. unpretentious, natural, or sincere

Derived Forms

• ˌunafˈfectedness, noun
• ˌunafˈfectedly, adverb

Other Words From

• unaf·fected·ly adverb
• unaf·fected·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unaffected¹

First recorded in 1580–90; un- ¹ + affected ²

Origin of unaffected²

First recorded in 1580–90; un- ¹ + affected ¹

Example Sentences

A control group—a population of gorillas unaffected by Ebola, separated by a river and 20 kilometers—was also observed.

From The Daily Beast

Almost all of the U.S. sanctions regime would be totally unaffected.

From The Daily Beast

In the morning both appeared at a food festival, seemingly unaffected.

From The Daily Beast

Until the last few weeks, Aleppo was relatively unaffected by the uprising.

From The Daily Beast

But young males, 18 to 34, were relatively unaffected by all of his ranting and raving.

From The Daily Beast

A trim maid then brought in the tea equipage, and Georgie did the honours with her usual unaffected grace.

From Project Gutenberg

It was very unfortunate that the whole establishment stood in unaffected awe of the redoubted Mr Bellamy.

From Project Gutenberg

It was not often a former pupil returned to visit them in this simple, unaffected way.

From Project Gutenberg

This depth of emotion was entirely unaffected, and secured for her the peculiar reverence of the sacred sisters.

From Project Gutenberg

Her intelligence was great, and her modesty and unaffected manners interested all who knew her.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• impassive
• impervious
• unaltered
• unconcerned
• unimpressed
• unruffled
• untouched