transcription, транскрипция: [ kəntraɪvd ]
1.
If you say that something someone says or does is contrived , you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said...
It mustn’t sound like a contrived compliment.
= artificial
≠ spontaneous
ADJ [ disapproval ]
2.
If you say that the plot of a play, film, or novel is contrived , you mean that it is unlikely and unconvincing.
The plot seems contrived.
ADJ [ disapproval ]