as in genuine
free from any intent to deceive or impress others
a relaxed and unaffected style of public speaking
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Recent Examples of unaffected
While Hurricane Helene probably accounted for some of the decline in recent weeks, sales activity also plunged 13% compared to a year ago in Fort Lauderdale and 15% in Miami, both of which are located on the eastern coast and are so far unaffected by storms.
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Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
Until relatively recently, it was thought that Summit would be, if not unaffected by climate change, at least untroubled by it.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The space and defense business, which is unaffected by work stoppage, took a $2.4 billion loss.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
There’s also evidence that when straight men lose a romantic partner, their social networks tend to shrink significantly, while women’s networks remain largely unaffected.
—Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
Until relatively recently, it was thought that Summit would be, if not unaffected by climate change, at least untroubled by it.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The space and defense business, which is unaffected by work stoppage, took a $2.4 billion loss.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
There’s also evidence that when straight men lose a romantic partner, their social networks tend to shrink significantly, while women’s networks remain largely unaffected.
—Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaffected
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To be clear, audiophiles will still prefer genuine stereo separation.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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Avoid Downtown, But Grab Some Grub at Wildflower The downtown area is a genuine tourist trap.Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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This leads to an honest and bracing conversation about the nature of addiction.Noel Murray, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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Healthy relationships, open or closed, involve honest communication.Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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The message was clear: Even if your group is defined by targeting innocent people, the Biden-Harris White House will bestow the same legitimacy upon you as any nation-state by granting you a seat at the negotiating table.Pat Fallon, National Review, 3 Nov. 2024
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Investigators believe the two men who were injured were innocent bystanders, police said.Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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If peace has always been but a simple voluntary choice, the price of human imperfection has been paid in the coin of perpetual war.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Or that a different definition will make a theory simpler.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 18 Nov. 2024
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The movie’s true set pieces are the professorial villain’s ostentatious monologues using fast food, musical plagiarism, and Monopoly as metaphors to point out how modern religions are just conspicuous iterations of what’s come before.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Overly precocious George jumps from the train to the countryside and, in true Dickensian fashion, encounters some helpful people as well as some unsavory types on his treacherous trek back home.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Dimon went on to say that the United States needed to avoid being naive and allowing larger global events to play out without any intervention.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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In a bloody good mix of horror comedy and murder mystery, Sam Richardson plays a naive but good-hearted forest ranger new to a small Vermont town out to catch a killer (who may or may not be a werewolf) among the various kooky residents. 55.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Unaffected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaffected. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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