unaffected

¹ American  

[uhn-uh-fek-tid] / ˌʌn əˈfɛk tɪd /

adjective

1. free from affectation; sincere; genuine.

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

   Synonyms:

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

2. unpretentious, as a personality or literary style.

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unaffected ² American  

[uhn-uh-fek-tid] / ˌʌn əˈfɛk tɪd /

adjective

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

   The laboratory clock remained accurate, unaffected by the explosion.

   Synonyms:

   unstirred, untouched, unmoved

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unaffected ¹ British  

/ ˌʌnəˈfɛktɪd /

adjective

1. unpretentious, natural, or sincere

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unaffected ² British  

/ ˌʌnəˈfɛktɪd /

adjective

1. not affected

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Other Word Forms

• unaffectedly adverb
• unaffectedness noun

Etymology

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

The company said the deal provides a 71% premium to the unaffected share price of Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal

Most of these homeowners may be unaffected if they stay put in their homes and home prices recover.

From MarketWatch

He noted that virtually all Oklahoma City employees would be unaffected.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bosses at WMT have said the change would not affect its train services, timetables or stations and that all "ticket validities and conditions of carriage" were unaffected.

From BBC

They were unaffected by the better-than-expected U.K. retail sales data, with some analysts saying sales remain subdued.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

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