unnatural

Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

un‧nat‧u‧ral/ʌnˈnætʃərəl/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: nature, naturalist, naturalism, naturalization, naturalness, the supernatural, natural, naturist, naturism; adverb: naturally ≠ unnaturally, naturalistically, supernaturally; adjective: natural ≠ unnatural, supernatural, naturalistic; verb: naturalize]
1. different from what you would normally expect:
　 ▪ It was very cold, which seemed unnatural for late spring.

2. seeming false, or not real or natural SYN fake:
　 ▪ Julia’s laugh seemed forced and unnatural.

3. different from normal human behaviour in a way that seems morally wrong:
　 ▪ unnatural sexual practices

4. different from anything produced by nature SYN artificial, fake:
　 ▪ Her hair was an unnatural orange.

—unnaturally adverb

adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
death
▪ In the event of death occurring in such a case I would accept that it could be an unnatural death.
▪ Not after all the unnatural deaths these last years had already witnessed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ unnatural acts
▪ unnatural colors
▪ Brown spoke out against what he considered the unnatural lifestyles of unmarried couples who live together.
▪ Father Gannon's laugh seemed forced and unnatural.
▪ In some countries, it's considered unnatural for women with families to want to work outside the home.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ It pushes women into unnatural shapes and ridiculous poses.
▪ It was a vivid reminder that descending the water column in a submarine is an unnatural act.
▪ Luke's stamp lay on her; in the swollen fullness of her lips and the unnatural brightness of her eyes.
▪ The unnatural state of his early years had been reversed.
▪ The artificial and unnatural were extolled.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  affected, abnormal
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  unaffected, normal, natural