Meaning & use
artificial
Made by human effort or skill rather than occurring naturally.
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The dessert's bright color came from an artificial food dye.
Artificial lighting completely replaced sunlight in the underground greenhouse facility.
A note on using this word
Artificial can describe both manufactured objects and insincere behavior, as in an artificial smile.
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