What does UNNATURAL mean?

Definitions for UNNATURAL
ʌnˈnætʃ ər əl, -ˈnætʃ rəlun·nat·u·ral

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. unnaturaladjective

    not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature

    "an unnatural death"; "the child's unnatural interest in death"

  2. abnormal, unnaturaladjective

    not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm

    "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food"

  3. affected, unnaturaladjective

    speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

Wiktionary

  1. unnaturaladjective

    Not natural; supernatural or artificial.

  2. unnaturaladjective

    Going against nature; perverse.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unnaturaladjective

    Her offence
    Must be of such unnatural degree,
    That monsters it. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

    People of weak heads on the one hand, and vile affections on the other, have made an unnatural divorce between being wise and good. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.

    ’Tis irreverent and unnatural, to scoff at the infirmities of old age. Roger L'Estrange.

    Rome, whose gratitude
    Tow’rds her deserving children, is enroll’d
    In Jove’s own book, like an unnatural dam,
    Should now eat up her own. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

    If the tyrant were, to a son so noble, so unnatural,
    What will he be to us? John Denham, Sophy.

    They admire only glittering trifles, that in a serious poem are nauseous, because they are unnatural. Would any man, who is ready to die for love, describe his passion like Narcissus? Dryden.

    In an heroic poem, two kinds of thoughts are carefully to be avoided; the first, are such as are affected and unnatural; the second, such as are mean and vulgar. Addison.

ChatGPT

  1. unnatural

    Unnatural refers to something that is not in accordance with, not derived from, or not conformable to nature or the existing patterns or laws of nature. This can include phenomena, actions, or attributes that are considered strange, abnormal, artificial, or not expected within the biological, physical, or habitual norms. It may also refer to behaviors or conditions considered outside the norm, unusual or in violation of traditional societal or ethical standards.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unnaturaladjective

    not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Unnatural

    un-nat′ū-ral, adj. not natural or according to nature: without natural affection.—v.t. Unnat′uralise.—adj. Unnat′uralised, not naturalised.—ns. Unnat′uralism, Unnatural′ity.—adv. Unnat′urally.—n. Unnat′uralness.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of UNNATURAL in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of UNNATURAL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of UNNATURAL in a Sentence

  1. Daniel Kish:

    I can not tell you the number of crazy things happening in the energy market because of EPA regulations, people are being made to do really unnatural things that don’t make economic sense.

  2. Tom Atteberry:

    You should have higher yields, but you've got two large economic blocs with negative yields and central bank interventions on an ongoing basis, it's almost an unnatural time.

  3. Johann von Goethe:

    The unnatural, that too is natural.

  4. Philip Jose Farmer:

    Human beings are part of nature. Anything they do is natural. It's impossible for anything in nature to do anything unnatural.

  5. Alfred Kinsey:

    The only unnatural sexual act is that which you cannot perform.

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