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unaffected

1

[ uhn-uh-fek-tid ]

adjective

  1. free from affectation; sincere; genuine:

    The man showed unaffected grief at the death of his former opponent.

    Synonyms: naive, artless, unfeigned, real, honest, simple, natural, plain, guileless

  2. unpretentious, as a personality or literary style.


unaffected

2

[ uhn-uh-fek-tid ]

adjective

  1. not affected, affect, affected, acted upon, or influenced; unchanged; unaltered:

    The laboratory clock remained accurate, unaffected by the explosion.

    Synonyms: unstirred, unmoved, untouched

unaffected

1

/ ˌʌnəˈfɛktɪd /

adjective

  1. unpretentious, natural, or sincere


unaffected

2

/ ˌʌnəˈfɛktɪd /

adjective

  1. not affected

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Derived Forms

  • ˌunafˈfectedly, adverb
  • ˌunafˈfectedness, noun

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Other Words From

  • unaf·fected·ly adverb
  • unaf·fected·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of unaffected1

First recorded in 1580–90; un- 1 + affected 2

Origin of unaffected2

First recorded in 1580–90; un- 1 + affected 1

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Example Sentences

Most impressive of all, however, is young up-and-comer Reid Miller, who gives a charismatic and refreshingly unaffected performance as Jadin.

Surprisingly, running economy was essentially unaffected by cutting the plate.

I got caught in heavy rain wearing the Versa 3, and it was completely unaffected.

We didn’t find any increase in mortality on marathon days in those people who lived in nearby ZIP codes that were unaffected by the race route, which makes a lot of sense.

De’Medici is cited as the first to create a sealed design, unaffected by air pressure.

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A control group—a population of gorillas unaffected by Ebola, separated by a river and 20 kilometers—was also observed.

Almost all of the U.S. sanctions regime would be totally unaffected.

In the morning both appeared at a food festival, seemingly unaffected.

Until the last few weeks, Aleppo was relatively unaffected by the uprising.

But young males, 18 to 34, were relatively unaffected by all of his ranting and raving.

A trim maid then brought in the tea equipage, and Georgie did the honours with her usual unaffected grace.

It was very unfortunate that the whole establishment stood in unaffected awe of the redoubted Mr Bellamy.

It was not often a former pupil returned to visit them in this simple, unaffected way.

This depth of emotion was entirely unaffected, and secured for her the peculiar reverence of the sacred sisters.

Her intelligence was great, and her modesty and unaffected manners interested all who knew her.

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