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kənˈtraɪvdcon·trived
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Princeton's WordNet
contrivedadjective
showing effects of planning or manipulation
"a novel with a contrived ending"
artificial, contrived, hokey, stiltedadjective
artificially formal
"that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
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contrivedadjective
unnatural, forced
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Contrived
Contrived is a Canadian indie rock band. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Montreal, Quebec, the band consists of Mike Bigelow, Loel Campbell, Mike MacNeill, Tim D'Eon and Jon Samuel. Four of the five members are also in the band Wintersleep, and two were in Holy Fuck.The band released two full-length albums and one EP on Dependent Music before signing to Hand Drawn Dracula, which released their third album in 2008.
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Contrived
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Contrived
Contrived is a Canadian indie rock band based in Halifax and Montreal that formed in June 2000. The band consists of Mike Bigelow, Loel Campbell, Mike MacNeill, Tim D'Eon and Jon Samuel. They are signed to Hand Drawn Dracula. Four of the five members are in the Juno Award-winning band Wintersleep, and two are in Juno and Polaris-nominated Holy Fuck,. They have released three full-length albums and one EP.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of contrived in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of contrived in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of contrived in a Sentence
The Renewable Fuels Association:
The recent spike in RIN prices appears contrived and driven by something other than basic supply-demand fundamentals.
As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived.
The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.
The Weekly Standard Steve Hayes:
This explains the shift from defiance to contrition, it's totally contrived, she doesn't mean a word of it.
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