Meanings
unaffected1
comparative more unaffected · superlative most unaffected
- 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 RodrigoThen 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 - 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
plural unaffecteds
- Someone not affected, as by a disease.
Synonyms: nonaffected
unaffected2
- 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
adjectiveunaware of or indifferent to
adjectivefree of artificiality; sincere and genuine
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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
Cite this entry
unaffected. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaffected
“unaffected.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaffected. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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