Definitions for unaffectedˌʌn əˈfɛk tɪd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•af•fect•edˌʌn əˈfɛk tɪd(adj.)

  1. free from affectation; sincere; genuine:

    unaffected grief.

  2. unpretentious, as a personality or literary style.

Origin of unaffected:

1580–90

un`af•fect′ed•ness(n.)

un•af•fect•edˌʌn əˈfɛk tɪd(adj.)

  1. not changed or influenced.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unaffected(adj)

    undergoing no change when acted upon

    "entirely unaffected by each other's writings"; "fibers remained apparently unaffected by the treatment"

  2. insensible(p), unaffected(p)(adj)

    unaware of or indifferent to

    "insensible to the suffering around him"

  3. unmoved(p), unaffected, untouched(adj)

    emotionally unmoved

    "always appeared completely unmoved and imperturbable"

  4. unaffected(adj)

    free of artificiality; sincere and genuine

    "an unaffected grace"

Wiktionary

  1. unaffected(Noun)

    Someone not affected, as by a disease.

  2. unaffected(Adjective)

    Lacking pretense or affectation; natural.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unaffected(adj)

    not affected or moved; destitute of affection or emotion; uninfluenced

  2. Unaffected(adj)

    free from affectation; plain; simple; natural; real; sincere; genuine; as, unaffected sorrow


Translations for unaffected

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

unaffected(adjective)

of (a person, his feelings etc) not moved or affected

The child seemed unaffected by his father's death.

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