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unnatural
Synonyms and Antonyms of unnatural
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departing from some accepted standard of what is normal
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
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lacking in natural or spontaneous quality
automatic, canned, concocted, fabricated, hokey, labored, manufactured, pat, unauthentic, unreal, unrealistic
double-dealing, empty, facile, hollow, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, mealy, mealymouthed, two-faced, unctuous
exaggerated, histrionic, melodramatic, overacted, overdone, theatrical (also theatric)
cute, cutesy, genteel, goody-goody, mincing, overrefined, simpering
conventional, formal, impersonal, inflexible, rigid, stiff, stylized, wooden
artful, calculated, conscious, cultivated, deliberate, premeditated, studied
Synonym Discussion of unnatural
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- concerned about his irregular behavior
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- her drive made her an anomalous figure in a sleepy organization
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- prisoners treated with unnatural cruelty
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