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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNAFFECT'ED, a.
1. Not affected; plain; natural; not labored or artificial; simple; as unaffected ease and grace.
2. Real; not hypocritical; sincere; as unaffected sorrow.
3. Not moved; not having the heart or passions touched. Men often remain unaffected under all the solemn monitions of Providence.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, unaffected]
3: emotionally unmoved; "always appeared completely unmoved and imperturbable" [syn: unmoved, unaffected, untouched] [ant: affected, moved, stirred, touched]
4: free of artificiality; sincere and genuine; "an unaffected grace" [ant: affected, unnatural]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: circa 1586 1. not influenced or changed mentally, physically, or chemically 2. free from affectation ; genuine • unaffectedly adverb • unaffectedness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (usu. foll. by by) not affected. 2 free from affectation; genuine; sincere. Derivatives: unaffectedly adv. unaffectedness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unaffected Un`af*fect"ed, a. 1. Not affected or moved; destitute of affection or emotion; uninfluenced. A poor, cold, unspirited, unmannered, Unhonest, unaffected, undone fool. --J. Fletcher. 2. Free from affectation; plain; simple; natural; real; sincere; genuine; as, unaffected sorrow. -- Un`af*fect"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`af*fect"ed*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If someone or something is unaffected by an event or occurrence, they are not changed by it in any way. She seemed totally unaffected by what she'd drunk... The strike shut down 50 airports, but most international flights were unaffected. ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ by n 2. If you describe someone as unaffected, you mean that they are natural and genuine in their behaviour, and do not act as though they are more important than other people. ...this unaffected, charming couple. = genuine ADJ [approval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Simple, plain, natural, artless, honest, naïve, sincere, real, genuine, unfeigned. 2. Simple, plain, natural, chaste, pure, unadorned. 3. Unmoved, untouched, insensible, unstirred.

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