Unaffected

//ˌʌnəˈfɛktɪd// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone not affected, as by a disease.
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of unaffect form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not affected or changed.

    "Since I work from home, I was unaffected by the office move."

  2. 2
    Lacking pretense or affectation; natural.

    "Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners."

Adjective
  1. 1
    undergoing no change when acted upon wordnet
  2. 2
    free of artificiality; sincere and genuine wordnet
  3. 3
    emotionally unmoved wordnet
  4. 4
    unaware of or indifferent to wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
lifelikenaturalunimpresseduninfluenceduntouchedadamant

Example

More examples

"She was quite unaffected by the death of her husband."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From un- + affected.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Related phrases

unmoved p

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