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unaffected(dictionary)

unaffected (iou)



unaffected adjective. L16.
[from UN-1 + AFFECTED.]
I.
Not adopted or assumed; free from affectation or artificiality; genuine, sincere. L16.
R. C. Hutchinson An unaffected pleasure in her brother-in-law's return.
b. Of a person: not affected in manner; unpretentious. L17.
C. Peters She was unaffected and natural, qualities he..admired.
II.
Not influenced in mind or feeling; untouched, unmoved. L16.
M. M. Sherwood The old man was quite unaffected, and looked quite stupid.
Not attacked by disease. L18.
Not acted on or altered by an agent or influence. M19.
Lancet The patient was patch-tested..and..the control patch remained unaffected. P. Ackroyd The street..could not have been entirely unaffected by the closeness of the city.
unaffectedly adverb M17.
unaffectedness noun (a) indifference; (b) freedom from affectation: L17.
unaffectible adjective unable to be affected L17-M19.
unaffecting adjective (a) free from affectation; (b) not affecting, not influencing: E17.