unnatural

un·nat·u·ral

adjective \ˌən-ˈna-chə-rəl, -ˈnach-rəl\

Definition of UNNATURAL

1

: not being in accordance with nature or consistent with a normal course of events

2

a : not being in accordance with normal human feelings or behavior : perverse

b : lacking ease and naturalness : contrived <her manner was forced and unnatural>

c : inconsistent with what is reasonable or expected <an unnatural alliance>

— un·nat·u·ral·ly \-ˈna-chə-rə-lē, -ˈnach-rə-, -ˈna-chər-\ adverb

— un·nat·u·ral·ness \-ˈna-chə-rəl-nəs, -ˈnach-rəl-\ noun

Examples of UNNATURAL

1. It seems unnatural to keep the bird in a cage.
2. She has an unnatural obsession with money.
3. Her smile looked forced and unnatural.

First Known Use of UNNATURAL

14th century

Related to UNNATURAL

Synonyms

aberrant, aberrational, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, deviate, devious, irregular, deviant, untypical

Antonyms

natural, normal, regular, standard, typical

Related Words

unrepresentative; extraordinary, preternatural; rare, uncommon, uncustomary, unusual, unwonted; bizarre, curious, far-out, funny, kinky, odd, outlandish, out-of-the-way, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, screwy, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, wild; eccentric, freakish, idiosyncratic, nonconformist, unconventional, unorthodox; extraordinary, preternatural; rare, uncommon, uncustomary, unusual, unwonted; odd, peculiar, strange

Near Antonyms

common, commonplace, everyday, familiar, ordinary, routine, run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine (or run-of-mine), unexceptional, unremarkable, workaday; customary, usual, wonted; archetypal (also archetypical), average, characteristic, representative

See Synonym Discussion at irregular

Rhymes with UNNATURAL

connatural, transnatural