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unaffected

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un⋅af⋅fect⋅ed

1  [uhn-uh-fek-tid]
Use unaffected in a Sentence
–adjective
1. free from affectation; sincere; genuine: The man showed unaffected grief at the death of his former opponent.
2. unpretentious, as a personality or literary style.
Origin:
1580–90; un- 1 + affected 2

Related forms:
un⋅af⋅fect⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
un⋅af⋅fect⋅ed⋅ness, noun

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

un⋅af⋅fect⋅ed

2  [uhn-uh-fek-tid]
–adjective
not affected, acted upon, or influenced; unchanged; unaltered: The laboratory clock remained accurate, unaffected by the explosion.
Origin:
1580–90; un- 1 + affected 1

Synonyms:
unmoved, untouched, unimpressed, unstirred.
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un·af·fect·ed   (ŭn'ə-fěk'tĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Not changed, modified, or affected.

  2. Marked by lack of affectation; genuine. See Synonyms at naive.

un'af·fect'ed·ly adv., un'af·fect'ed·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

unaffected 
c.1586, "not influenced, untouched in mind or feeling," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of affect. Meaning "not adopted or assumed, genuine" is recorded from 1592; that of "not acted upon or altered (by something)" is first attested 1830.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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