“+ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from un- (I) + natural
1.
a. : not innately characteristic of the nature of man
scientific inventions … to stimulate depraved appetites, to invent unnatural wants — T.L.Peacock
this secrecy … is against my disposition, unnatural — Joseph Hergesheimer
b. : not being in accordance with nature : not determined by or consistent with a normal course of events
if idleness is unnatural a five-hour work week would be disastrous — Stuart Chase
nothing impossible or unnatural in being in love with two women at the same time — Aldous Huxley
his abhorrence of men who advocated unnatural change — A.S.Link
shaping her economy along grotesquely unnatural lines — O.P.Echols
2.
a. : not being in accordance with normal feelings or behavior : perverse , abnormal
she had been vicious and unnatural … had thrived on hatred — W.H.Wright
something unnatural between him and his now-dead closest friend — Time
b. : not marked by naturalness or genuineness : artificial , contrived
when one … is unnatural with all who are not intimate friends — W.B.Yeats
an unnatural and not very intelligent simplification of a very complex issue — H.J.Laski
c. : inconsistent with what is natural or expected : strange , irregular
exaltations in which piety and sensuality kept unnatural company — F.J.Mather
his unnatural alliance with the nationalists — Michael Clark
d. : going beyond what is normal : supernatural , uncanny
an almost unnatural gift for winning musical prizes — American Guide Series: New Jersey
3. : not having a natural claim : illegitimate
the unnatural children of my brain that I should wish … to disinherit — Ellen Glasgow
• un·naturally “+ adverb
• un·nat·u·ral·ness noun