Speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression.
Portuguese
antinatural Not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature.
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A France Telecom report listed 14 countries affected by the current problem.
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He said: We are the most affected region in all of Europe.
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According to media reports, the problem affected Target stores across the country.
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It said the shortage of the vaccine affected most countries in Europe.
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Economically, business suffered production and financial loss with consumer confidence adversely affected.
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Slightly unnatural, shoehorned in with good intentions despite not fitting quite right.
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In an unnatural situation, this was the most natural place for her.
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He actually looked quite cute, in an entirely disturbing and unnatural way.
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To accuse yourself is the natural thing; silence is the unnatural thing.
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The woman in the narrow bed tossed in a heavy, unnatural sleep.
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Ellice said; and her voice shook and quavered in an unnatural laugh.
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Reverence for the natural carries with it a distaste for the unnatural.
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But in that state nothing would have been unnatural in human generation.
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Equality may be good in some ways, unnatural and evil in others.
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The result is, that most systems of breathing are artificial; therefore unnatural.
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Besides, the thing is unnatural; there is no existent cause for it.
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It destroys the appetite, although it temporarily sustains vigor by unnatural excitation.
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It felt unnatural, but at the same time, it was so natural.
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He freed himself from the unnatural alliance, and faced the inevitable consequences.
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A building was on fire somewhere to the east, smoldering unnatural purple.
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I'll see whether that provokes something-anunnatural response, any kind of reaction.
