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Unnatural   /ənnˈætʃərəl/   Listen
Unnatural

adjective
1.
Not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature.  "The child's unnatural interest in death"
2.
Not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm.  Synonym: abnormal.  "Abnormal amounts of rain" , "Abnormal circumstances" , "An abnormal interest in food"
3.
Speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression.  Synonym: affected.



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"Unnatural" Quotes from Famous Books



... special variation in the character of evolution that certain forms of life finally became adapted to a life outside of the water. Therefore, immersion in water, except for the head, is not entirely an unnatural condition. ...
— Vitality Supreme • Bernarr Macfadden
... was of a pliable sort, and ere many days had passed he had grown accustomed to this unnatural existence among the living corpses ...
— The Yellow Claw • Sax Rohmer
... unnatural death," said Linda. "Don and I fought for them, but the Judge and Mrs. Whiting and Mary Louise were terrified for fear a bone might slip in Don's foot, or some revengeful friend or relative of Oka Sayye lie in wait for us. They won't hear of our going any more. I go every Saturday and ...
— Her Father's Daughter • Gene Stratton-Porter
... de Gesvres, a malicious old man, a cruel husband and unnatural father, sadly annoyed Marechal de Villeroy towards the end of this year, having previously treated me very scurvily for some advice I gave him respecting the ceremonies to be observed at the reception by the King of M. de Lorraine as Duc de Bar. M. de Gesvres and M. de Villeroy had both had fathers ...
— Marguerite de Navarre - Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois Queen of Navarre • Marguerite de Navarre
... something mysterious, if not entirely unnatural in the conduct of the young woman. Nobody likes unsolved riddles for long. The moment or century of suspense may prove interesting—even exciting; but human intelligence ...
— An Alabaster Box • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Florence Morse Kingsley


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