Meaning & use
unnatural
Different from what is normal, expected, or found in nature; forced, artificial, or strange.
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There was something unnatural about the stillness of the forest that morning.
Critics called the actor's smile unnatural, as though it had been rehearsed too many times.
A note on using this word
Unnatural often carries a negative or unsettling tone, unlike the more neutral word 'artificial.'
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