unaffected

un·af·fect·ed

adjective \ˌən-ə-ˈfek-təd\

Definition of UNAFFECTED

1

: not influenced or changed mentally, physically, or chemically

2

: free from affectation : genuine

— un·af·fect·ed·ly adverb

— un·af·fect·ed·ness noun

Examples of UNAFFECTED

1. They shortened the book when they made the movie, but the basic story remained unaffected.
2. He has a friendly and unaffected manner.

First Known Use of UNAFFECTED

circa 1586

Related to UNAFFECTED

Synonyms

artless, genuine, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve), natural, real, simple, sincere, true, guileless, unpretending, unpretentious

Antonyms

affected, artful, artificial, assuming, dishonest, dissembling, dissimulating, fake, false, guileful, insincere, phony (also phoney), pretentious

Related Words

childlike, dewy-eyed, gee-whiz, impressionable, inexperienced, malleable, persuadable, persuasible, simpleminded, unsophisticated, unworldly, wide-eyed; spontaneous, unforced, unstudied; candid, direct, frank, free, free-spoken, open, openhearted, plain, plainspoken, single-minded, straight, straightforward, unguarded; trustful, trusting; exploitable, gullible (also gullable), susceptible, unwary

Near Antonyms

critical, cynical, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, wary; cosmopolitan, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise; civilized, cultivated, cultured, polished, refined; crooked, deceitful, deceptive, devious, double-dealing, hypocritical, manipulative, two-faced; arch, calculating, canny, crafty, cunning, designing, foxy, knavish, scheming, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, subtle, tricky, underhanded, wily; flattering, mealymouthed, smooth, sycophantic, unctuous; feigned, forced, strained

Rhymes with UNAFFECTED

disaffected, disconnected, fuel-injected, recollected, self-affected, self-collected, self-elected, undirected, unexpected, unprotected, unselected