The meaning of Unnatural

adjective

Departing from an accepted standard.

Usage examples:

This somewhat aberrant behaviour requires an explanation

adjective

Different from what is typical or usual, especially in an unacceptable way

Usage examples:

Aberrant behaviour/sexuality

adjective

Deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is undesirable or worrying.

Usage examples:

The illness is recognizable from the patient's abnormal behaviour

adjective

Not usual or average

Usage examples:

We had an abnormal amount of snow., he has an abnormal heartbeat., [ c ] no abnormalities showed up…

adjective

Deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected.

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An anomalous situation

adjective

Different from what is usual, or not in agreement with something else and therefore not satisfactory

Usage examples:

In a multicultural society is it not anomalous to have a blasphemy law that only protects one relig…

adjective

Made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural.

Usage examples:

Her skin glowed in the artificial light

adjective

Made by people, often as a copy of something natural

Usage examples:

Artificial flowers, artificial grass, an artificial leg, an artificial smile, the actors were encou…

adjective

Not sincere

Usage examples:

Their cheerfulness seemed rather strained and artificial.

adjective

Not representative of a type, group, or class.

Usage examples:

A sample of people who are rather atypical of the target audience

adjective

Not typical; different from most others of its type

Usage examples:

This game is very atypical of how we played this year.

adjective

Very strange or unusual.

Usage examples:

A bizarre situation

adjective

Strange and unusual

Usage examples:

That party was too bizarre for me!

adjective

Tending to be different or develop in different directions.

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Divergent interpretations

adjective

Different from each other

Usage examples:

A divergent approach/attitude, divergent interests/opinions/views

adjective

Unusual; not typical.

Usage examples:

Late claims will only be accepted in exceptional circumstances

noun

An item in a company's accounts arising from its normal activity but much larger or smaller than usual.

Usage examples:

This drop in operating profit caused pre-tax profit before accounting for exceptionals to fall from…

adjective

Not like most others of the same type; unusual

Usage examples:

This is an exceptional contract, guaranteeing no layoffs., davis has done an exceptional job of rep…

adjective

Very unusual or remarkable.

Usage examples:

The extraordinary plumage of the male

noun

An item in a company's accounts not arising from its normal activities.

Usage examples:

Of the total "army extraordinaries" of £315,917 submitted to the house of commons on february 6, 17…

adjective

Very unusual and special; different in type or greater in degree than the usual or ordinary

Usage examples:

Being chairman gave him an extraordinary sense of power., she was an extraordinary woman, and no on…

verb

Invent (something) in order to deceive.

Usage examples:

Officers fabricated evidence

adjective

Not genuine; imitation or counterfeit.

Usage examples:

She got on the plane with a fake passport

noun

A thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham.

Usage examples:

Fakes of old masters

verb

Forge or counterfeit (something).

Usage examples:

She faked her spouse's signature

adjective

Not according with truth or fact; incorrect.

Usage examples:

He was feeding false information to his customers

adjective

(of things) not real, but made to look real, or (of information) not true but made to seem true in order to deceive

Usage examples:

Haban used false identification to enter france., the company presented clients with documents cont…

adjective

Not true or correct

Usage examples:

It is an offense to give false information on your application form., the wanted man is known to be…

adjective

Made in imitation; artificial.

Usage examples:

A rope of faux pearls

adjective

Not real, but made to look or seem real

Usage examples:

Faux fur, a faux-brick wall

noun

A very unusual and unexpected event or situation.

Usage examples:

The teacher says the accident was a total freak

verb

Behave or cause to behave in a wild and irrational way, typically because of the effects of extreme emotion or drugs.

Usage examples:

He freaked out and smashed the place up

adjective

Extremely unusual or unlikely

Usage examples:

She died in a freak automobile accident., a freak midsummer hailstorm caught us all by surprise., m…

adjective

Very unusual, strange, or unexpected.

Usage examples:

Freakish weather

adjective

Very unusual or unexpected, especially in an unpleasant or strange way

Usage examples:

Freakish weather conditions have caused massive traffic jams in the area., when you're a child you …

adjective

Not even or balanced in shape or arrangement.

Usage examples:

His strong, irregular features

noun

A member of an irregular military force.

Usage examples:

The filipino operational center of gravity was the ability to sustain its force of 100,000 irregula…

adjective

Not regular in shape or form; having parts of different shapes or sizes

Usage examples:

An irregular surface, there are irregular spaces between the words., he showed up at irregular inte…

adjective

Produced or developed by humans rather than coming directly from nature

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Man-made fibers

adjective

Made by people, rather than existing naturally

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Man-made fibres

adjective

Produced on a large scale using machinery.

Usage examples:

Manufactured consumer goods

verb

Make (something) on a large scale using machinery.

Usage examples:

Firms who manufacture ball bearings

verb

Past simple and past participle of manufacture

Usage examples:

He works for a company that manufactures car parts., the report notes a rapid decline in manufactur…

adjective

Not having all the characteristics that you would usually expect from a particular group of things or people

Usage examples:

This is a non-typical problem that requires a novel approach to resolve it., their family set-up wa…

adjective

Different to what is usual or expected; strange.

Usage examples:

The neighbours thought him very odd

adjective

Strange or unexpected

Usage examples:

An odd person, that’s odd – i thought i left my glasses on the table but they’re not here., he’s go…

adjective

Different to what is normal or expected; strange.

Usage examples:

He gave her some very peculiar looks

noun

A parish or church exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese in which it lies, and subject to the direct jurisdiction of the monarch or an archbishop.

Usage examples:

Deans and canons of royal peculiars, notably westminster abbey and windsor

adjective

Unusual and strange

Usage examples:

The copy editor will check type size and technical details to see if anything looks peculiar., kath…

abbreviation

Pair.

Usage examples:

Patterned gloves, £7.99/pr

abbreviation

Proportional representation.

Usage examples:

Pr has been a success in germany

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 59, a soft silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series.

adjective

Strange; odd.

Usage examples:

She had a queer feeling that they were being watched

verb

(of a person) homosexual.

adjective

Unusual or strange

Usage examples:

She had a queer expression on her face.

adjective

Manufactured in imitation of some other material.

Usage examples:

A simulated leather handbag

verb

Imitate the appearance or character of.

Usage examples:

Red ochre intended to simulate blood

adjective

Made to look like something else; artificial

Usage examples:

Simulated leather

adjective

Unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain.

Usage examples:

Children have some strange ideas

adjective

(of a substance) made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product.

Usage examples:

Synthetic rubber

noun

A synthetic material or chemical, especially a textile fibre.

Usage examples:

Twentieth century technology has opened up a treasure of textures and materials from space age synt…

adjective

Of or relating to products made from artificial substances, often copying a natural product

Usage examples:

Synthetic sweeteners, a synthetic fiber

adjective

Out of the ordinary; unusual.

Usage examples:

Prostate cancer is not uncommon in men over 60

adverb

Remarkably.

Usage examples:

He was uncommon afraid

adjective

Contrary to what is usual, traditional, or accepted; not orthodox.

Usage examples:

He frequently upset other scholars with his unorthodox views

adjective

(of behavior, ideas, or methods) different from what is usual or expected

Usage examples:

He has an unorthodox teaching style.

adjective

Different from what is usual or expected in behaviour, ideas, methods, etc.

Usage examples:

Unorthodox approaches/methods/practices regulators began to scrutinize the company's unorthodox acc…

adjective

Not having the distinctive qualities of a particular type of person or thing; uncharacteristic.

Usage examples:

He considers the film untypical of college movies

adjective

Not showing all the characteristics that you would usually expect from a particular group of things or people, or from a particular person

Usage examples:

Her angry outburst was untypical; she's usually a very quiet woman., it is not untypical of girls o…

adjective

Not habitually or commonly occurring or done.

Usage examples:

It was unusual for dennis to be late

adjective

Different from what is usual or expected

Usage examples:

I was actually on time, which is unusual for me.

adjective

Suggesting something supernatural; unearthly.

Usage examples:

Weird, inhuman sounds

noun

A person's destiny.

verb

Induce a sense of disbelief or alienation in someone.

Usage examples:

Blue eyes weirded him out, and ivan's were especially creepy