"unnatural" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈnæt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unnatural.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more unnatural [comparative], most unnatural [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English unnatural, unnaturel, equivalent to un- + natural. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unnatural}} Middle English unnatural, {{m|enm|unnaturel}} unnaturel, {{af|en|un-|natural}} un- + natural Head templates: {{en-adj}} unnatural (comparative more unnatural, superlative most unnatural)
  1. Not natural. Translations (not natural): nepřirozený (Czech), unaturlig (Danish), onnatuurlijk (Dutch), tegennatuurlijk (Dutch), nenatura (Esperanto), kontraŭnatura (Esperanto), luonnoton (Finnish), peu naturel (French), contre nature (French), antinatural (Galician), contranatural (Galician), ხელოვნური (xelovnuri) (Georgian), არაბუნებრივი (arabunebrivi) (Georgian), unnatürlich (German), widernatürlich (German), 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐍃 (aljakuns) (Gothic), αφύσικος (afýsikos) (Greek), természetellenes (Hungarian), nenaturala (Ido), неприроден (nepriroden) (Macedonian), unaturlig (Norwegian Bokmål), unaturleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), nienaturalny (Polish), antinatural (Portuguese), contranatural (Portuguese), contranatura (Portuguese), artificial (Romanian), nenatural [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), неесте́ственный (nejestéstvennyj) (Russian), противоесте́ственный (protivojestéstvennyj) (Russian), mì-nàdarrach (Scottish Gaelic), neprírodan (Serbo-Croatian), antinatural (Spanish), contranatural (Spanish), contra natura (Spanish), onaturlig (Swedish), dilikas (Tagalog), איבער דער טבֿע (iber der teyve) (Yiddish), אומנאַטירלעך (umnatirlekh) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-unnatural-en-adj-kOzFixgi Disambiguation of 'not natural': 85 15 0
  2. Not occurring in nature, the environment or atmosphere
    Sense id: en-unnatural-en-adj-TTDhw8~D
  3. Going against nature; perverse.
    Sense id: en-unnatural-en-adj-qG-fc4Q1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 17 64 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 18 60 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 15 23 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: contranatural Derived forms: unnatural selection, unnaturally, unnaturalness

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          "_dis1": "85 15 0",
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          "sense": "not natural",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "not natural",
          "word": "არაბუნებრივი"
        },
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          "_dis1": "85 15 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not natural",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "85 15 0",
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          "lang": "German",
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          "_dis1": "85 15 0",
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          "lang": "Gothic",
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          "sense": "not natural",
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          "_dis1": "85 15 0",
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          "sense": "not natural",
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          "code": "gd",
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          "_dis1": "85 15 0",
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "not natural",
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          "sense": "not natural",
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "nepřirozený"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "unaturlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "unaturlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "unaturlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "not natural",
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      "sense": "not natural",
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      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "nenatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "kontraŭnatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "luonnoton"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "peu naturel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "contre nature"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "antinatural"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "contranatural"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xelovnuri",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "ხელოვნური"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "arabunebrivi",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "არაბუნებრივი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "unnatürlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "widernatürlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "aljakuns",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐍃"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afýsikos",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "αφύσικος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "természetellenes"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "nenaturala"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nepriroden",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "неприроден"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "unaturlig"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "unaturleg"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "nienaturalny"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "antinatural"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not natural",
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "contranatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "artificial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nenatural"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nejestéstvennyj",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "неесте́ственный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protivojestéstvennyj",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "противоесте́ственный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "mì-nàdarrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "neprírodan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "antinatural"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "contranatural"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "contra natura"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "onaturlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "dilikas"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "iber der teyve",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "איבער דער טבֿע"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "umnatirlekh",
      "sense": "not natural",
      "word": "אומנאַטירלעך"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unnatural"
}

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