contrived
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Definition of contrived
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Synonyms & Antonyms for contrived
Synonyms
affected, artificial, assumed, bogus, factitious, fake, false, feigned, forced, mechanical, mock, phony (also phoney), plastic, pretended, pseudo, put-on, sham, simulated, spurious, strained, unnatural
Antonyms
artless, genuine, natural, spontaneous, unaffected, uncontrived, unfeigned, unforced
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She's been directed into oblivion here, Beth Ann a wounded ginger frump forced through too many broad and contrived moments, like accidentally getting naked just in time for her husband's boss to spy her through a window. — Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Why Women Kill': TV Review," 15 Aug. 2019 Besides dropping the 0-60 time beneath the 4-second mark, the V8 gives the CT6 the right soundtrack to play against the likes of BMW, Mercedes and Audi—the deep bass burble at idle sounds proper, and there's no contrived popping on the overrun. — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, "The Cadillac Blackwing Is Great, But It Won't Save the 2020 CT6," 9 Aug. 2019 Notably, their surprisingly casual approach to Coachella style translated to something far less contrived than the Desert Valley Best perfected by models before them. — Vogue, "These Alt-Models Are Breaking All the Festival Style Stereotypes," 26 Apr. 2019 Furthermore, in my experience as a mathematician, expressions like 8÷2×4 look absurdly contrived. — Steven Strogatz, New York Times, "The Math Equation That Tried to Stump the Internet," 2 Aug. 2019 Even meeting someone through social media seems like an artificial experience — the dating world has evolved into something strange and contrived. — Stephanie Mendez, Los Angeles Times, "Our first date went from perfect to a frenzy of psycho texting," 27 July 2019 Despite its contrived beginnings, Bowie designed a cultural touchstone for a historic moment of human engineering and blind courage. — Mitch Goodwin, Quartzy, "How David Bowie created “Space Oddity,” the ultimate space anthem," 12 July 2019 The risk for all was that the line of attack would seem contrived; the reward, as Harris and the others found, was considerable. — Liz Goodwin, BostonGlobe.com, "One viral moment can set a 2020 candidate apart — but they’re hard to come by," 6 July 2019 Unfortunately, the mystery is more contrived and underdeveloped than compelling, and the United States’ political reality is scarier. — Ew Staff, EW.com, "What to Watch on Thursday: Stranger Things returns for more upside down fun," 4 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'contrived.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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