unaffected

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UK/ˌʌnəˈfɛktɪd/

adjective

Not affected or changed.

“Since I work from home, I was unaffected by the office move.”

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 19

Meanings

unaffected1

adjectiveunaffected (comparative more unaffected, superlative most unaffected)

comparative more unaffected · superlative most unaffected

  1. Not affected or changed.

    Since I work from home, I was unaffected by the office move.

    2 more examples

    I've lost my mind, I've spent the night / Crying on the floor of my bathroom / But you're so unaffected, I really don't get it / But I guess good for you

    2021, Olivia Rodrigo, Dan Nigro, “Good 4 U”, in Sour, performed by Olivia Rodrigo

    Then you need the "buffer of safety"-thirty per cent of your holdings in Miller Bonds - unaffected by the flutters of the market

    1925, G.L. Miller & Co., edited by Albert Shaw, The American Review of Reviews, volume 72, Review of Reviews, page 15
  2. Lacking pretense or affectation; natural.

    Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.

    1812, Jane Austen, chapter 3, in Pride and Prejudice
noununaffected (plural unaffecteds)

plural unaffecteds

  1. Someone not affected, as by a disease.

    Synonyms: nonaffected

unaffected2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unaffect

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone not affected, as by a disease.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveundergoing no change when acted upon

Opposite

adjectiveunaware of or indifferent to

adjectiveemotionally unmoved

adjectivefree of artificiality; sincere and genuine

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

unaffected · adjective, noun

From un- + affected.

Full word history & related roots →

unaffected · verb

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek ἄπλαστος
  • ἄπλαστος (áplastos)lacking pretense or affectation, natural
Bulgarian незасегнат, искрен
  • незасегнат (nezasegnat)not affected or changed
  • искрен (iskren)lacking pretense or affectation, natural
  • непресторен (neprestoren)lacking pretense or affectation, natural
Danish upåvirket
  • upåvirketnot affected or changed
Dutch ongeveinsd
  • ongeveinsdlacking pretense or affectation, natural
Esperanto senafekta, neafektema
  • senafektalacking pretense or affectation, natural
  • neafektemalacking pretense or affectation, natural
Māori houtupu
  • houtupulacking pretense or affectation, natural
Norwegian Bokmål upåvirket
  • upåvirketnot affected or changed
Persian صادقانه
  • صادقانه (sâdeqâne)lacking pretense or affectation, natural
Scottish Gaelic sìmplidh
  • sìmplidhlacking pretense or affectation, natural
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