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Recent Examples of unnaturally
Dawn of the Dead's flood of blood-and-guts is among the most memorable in film history, if only for the unnaturally vivid shades of red.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Earlier video models often cheated to satisfy prompts, with objects teleporting or morphing unnaturally.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
Lamb suffered the injury on a carry out of the backfield, and his ankle could be seen on the broadcast being unnaturally bent back.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2025
And now a lot of birds around the globe are starting their days earlier than ever, because of unnaturally bright skies caused by light pollution.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
The lights were on, but the house seemed unnaturally quiet.
—Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Zombies are what happen when a juvenile life stage is unnaturally protracted.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
California wildlife officials are urging hunters and trappers to remain vigilant after several wild pigs in Monterey County were discovered with unnaturally blue flesh, an indication that the animals may have ingested rodent poison commonly used in agricultural pest control.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Earlier video models often cheated to satisfy prompts, with objects teleporting or morphing unnaturally.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
Lamb suffered the injury on a carry out of the backfield, and his ankle could be seen on the broadcast being unnaturally bent back.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2025
And now a lot of birds around the globe are starting their days earlier than ever, because of unnaturally bright skies caused by light pollution.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
The lights were on, but the house seemed unnaturally quiet.
—Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Zombies are what happen when a juvenile life stage is unnaturally protracted.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
California wildlife officials are urging hunters and trappers to remain vigilant after several wild pigs in Monterey County were discovered with unnaturally blue flesh, an indication that the animals may have ingested rodent poison commonly used in agricultural pest control.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unnaturally
artificially
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So soon because of the prices made artificially high by tariffs, that subsidize inefficiency and poor management, people stop buying.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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So, soon, because of the prices made artificially high by tariffs that subsidize inefficiency and poor management, people stop buying.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Unnaturally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unnaturally. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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