unaffected
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unaffected
Synonyms
artless, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naĂŻve), natural, real, simple, sincere, true, unpretending, unpretentious
Antonyms
affected, artful, artificial, assuming, dishonest, dissembling, dissimulating, fake, false, guileful, insincere, phony (also phoney), pretentious
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Recreational and commercial fishing off-shore in Mississippi waters remains unaffected by the algae bloom and are safe for consumption, officials said. — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, "Toxic algae closes 4 more Mississippi Gulf Coast spots; all 21 beaches remain closed," 7 Aug. 2019 The attacks are prompting even unaffected towns to preemptively shut down services like 911 emergency systems. — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, "As hackers hold 22 Texas towns for ransom, Dallas needs a data defense," 1 Aug. 2019 Some places are offering discounts on rooms of as much as 20 percent and transporting guests to unaffected beaches. — Andrea Navarro, BostonGlobe.com, "Cancun has a nasty seaweed problem, and tourists are staying away," 16 July 2019 Tariff hikes typically increase the cost of goods for consumers and drag corporate profits while providing an incentive for manufacturers to relocate production to unaffected countries. — Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, "Chinese consumers say they've boycotted American products amid Trump trade war," 24 June 2019 With their fields destroyed, many may have to try to buy crops from unaffected areas to fulfill those contracts. — Cameron Mcwhirter, WSJ, "Broken Pecan Trees, Ruined Cotton Harvest: Georgia Counts Michaelâs Cost," 17 Oct. 2018 While the appearance of new cases has been slowing in recent weeks â from 40 per week to around 10 â two new Ebola patients turned up last week in a previously unaffected area, Tchomia, about 75 miles from Beni on the border with Uganda. — Julia Belluz, Vox, "An Ebola âperfect stormâ is brewing in the Democratic Republic of Congo," 28 Sep. 2018 Even though the idea of having someone stick their fingers in me was mortifying, Jessie made it as not awkward as possible with her positive, unaffected attitude. — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, "I Went to the Gyno for the First Time and Here's What Happened," 13 Sep. 2018 As a consequence, young people who survive cancer tend to die, on average, about 10 years earlier than unaffected adults of the same age, epidemiological studies show. — Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times, "For Survivors of Childhood Cancer, Walk," 20 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unaffected.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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