English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English unnatural unnaturel un- natural
Pronunciation [ edit ] IPA (key ) : /ʌnˈnæt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəl/ Audio (Southern England) (file )
Hyphenation: un‧nat‧u‧ral Adjective [ edit ] unnatural (comparative more unnatural , superlative most unnatural )
Not natural .
Not occurring in nature , the environment or atmosphere
Going against nature ; perverse .
1859 Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds :Time wore heavily on with Winnie Santon, after Natalie had left them. Left as she was, much in her unnatural mother's society, who seemed to be never more pleased than when she might thwart her designs, or, in some manner act so as to make those about her uncomfortable, it was not to be wondered at, if she did sigh for other days, and a confidant, to whom she might unburden her heart.
Synonyms [ edit ] Antonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] not natural
Czech: nepřirozený (cs)
Danish: unaturlig unaturlig unaturlig
Dutch: onnatuurlijk (nl) , tegennatuurlijk (nl)
Esperanto: nenatura kontraŭnatura
Finnish: luonnoton (fi)
French: peu naturel contre nature (fr)
Galician: antinatural (gl) , contranatural
Georgian: ხელოვნური ( xelovnuri ) , არაბუნებრივი ( arabunebrivi )
German: unnatürlich (de) , widernatürlich (de)
Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐍃 ( aljakuns )
Greek: αφύσικος (el) ( afýsikos )
Hungarian: természetellenes (hu)
Ido: nenaturala (io)
Macedonian: неприроден ( nepriroden )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: unaturlig (no)
Nynorsk: unaturleg
Polish: nienaturalny (pl)
Portuguese: antinatural contranatural contranatura
Romanian: artificial (ro) , nenatural (ro) m or n
Russian: неесте́ственный (ru) ( nejestéstvennyj ) , противоесте́ственный (ru) ( protivojestéstvennyj )
Scottish Gaelic: mì-nàdarrach
Serbo-Croatian: neprírodan (sh)
Spanish: antinatural (es) , contranatural contra natura
Swedish: onaturlig (sv)
Tagalog: dilikas
Yiddish: איבער דער טבֿע ( iber der teyve ) , אומנאַטירלעך ( umnatirlekh )
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