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

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, untouched, unmoved

unaffected

¹

/ ˌʌnəˈfɛktɪd /

adjective

1. unpretentious, natural, or sincere

unaffected

²

/ ˌʌnəˈfɛktɪd /

adjective

1. not affected

Other Word Forms

• unaffectedness noun
• unaffectedly adverb

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

"Leopard cats benefited from living near people, while humans were largely unaffected or even welcomed them as natural rodent controllers," she said.

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Setting Gilligan’s apart from zombie or alien takeovers is that his hivemind is genuinely uninterested in harming those unaffected by the transformation.

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NO2 is emitted by ship engines and was unaffected by the IMO 2020 sulfur rules, making it a reliable marker of increased ship traffic.

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It also has its own artificial-intelligence tools, which Anagnost said have been developed in-house for around a decade and will be unaffected by broader macroeconomic trends around AI spending.

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Initially it was thought that Oliver was too old for the trial, as the treatment cannot reverse existing damage, but tests showed he was still largely unaffected.

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Related Words

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