dictionary definitions for "unaffected"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unaffected \Un`af*fect"ed\, a.
     1. Not affected or moved; destitute of affection or emotion;
        uninfluenced.
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              A poor, cold, unspirited, unmannered,
              Unhonest, unaffected, undone fool.    --J. Fletcher.
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     2. Free from affectation; plain; simple; natural; real;
        sincere; genuine; as, unaffected sorrow.
        [1913 Webster] -- Un`af*fect"ed*ly, adv. --
        Un`af*fect"ed*ness, n.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  unaffected
      adj 1: undergoing no change when acted upon; "entirely
             unaffected by each other's writings"; "fibers remained
             apparently unaffected by the treatment" [ant: affected]
      2: unaware of or indifferent to; "insensible to the suffering
         around him" [syn: {insensible(p)}, {unaffected(p)}]
      3: emotionally unmoved; "always appeared completely unmoved and
         imperturbable" [syn: {unmoved(p)}, unaffected, untouched]
         [ant: affected, {moved(p)}, stirred, touched]
      4: free of artificiality; sincere and genuine; "an unaffected
         grace" [ant: affected, unnatural]


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