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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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One critic described the movie as "a stale and hopelessly contrived comedy".
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The script is contrived and unbelievable.
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There's something very contrived about the whole story.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And if his comparison was contrived , it is no less valid for that.
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If you succumb to the temptation to tell contrived jokes, ration yourself to two per day.
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Notice that the principle of contextual plausibility allows legitimacy to expressions which arise in the contrived contexts of the classroom.
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These are far less formal, contrived changes than those in the documentary novels.