unnatural
- contrary to the laws or course of nature.
- at variance with the character or nature of a person, animal, or plant.
- at variance with what is normal or to be expected: the unnatural atmosphere of the place.
- lacking human qualities or sympathies; monstrous; inhuman: an obsessive and unnatural hatred.
- not genuine or spontaneous; artificial or contrived: a stiff, unnatural manner.
- Obsolete. lacking a valid or natural claim; illegitimate.
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unusual, perverse, stilted, incredible, abnormal, outlandish, preposterous, outrageous, strange, bizarre, odd, affected, aberrant, anomalous, assumed, contrary, contrived, ersatz, extraordinary, factitiousExamples from the Web for unnatural
Contemporary Examples of unnatural
Death by pills or lethal injection might be unnatural, but she believes that declining nourishment and medications is not.
The group is working on inserting the unnatural base pairs in more than one spot in the cell.
Not only is post-Yanukovych Ukraine dominated by a fascist clique, it is controlled by unnatural women.
Now in his 80s, Blankenship claims to have charted out tunnels, corridors, and large, unnatural underground caverns.
Above water, unnatural animal and human interactions continue to rise.
Historical Examples of unnatural
What the unnatural father would have done next, I do not know.
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
For a moment she felt the full swinging of it; it did not seem at all strange or unnatural to her.
The DreamEmile Zola
I beg of you to persist in your address—the unnatural brother called it address!
Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
Are we to be exposed to this unnatural conduct every moment of our lives?
Little DorritCharles Dickens
Arthur spoke presently, his tone so calm a one as almost to be unnatural.
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
unnatural
- contrary to nature; abnormal
- not in accordance with accepted standards of behaviour or right and wrongunnatural love
- uncanny; supernaturalunnatural phenomena
- affected or forcedan unnatural manner
- inhuman or monstrous; wickedan unnatural crime
- obsolete illegitimate