unaffectedadj.

Brit.

/ˌʌnəˈfɛktᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌənəˈfɛktəd/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2. Compare German unaffectirt.

I. Not assumed, simulated, or pretensious.

1. Not adopted or assumed:

a. Of qualities, feelings, etc.: Not simulated or pretended; real, genuine, sincere.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective]

aefauldOE

trueOE

true as steela1300

throlya1375

entirec1380

faithfula1382

entirelyc1400

single1519

sincere1533

sincere1539

simple-minded1556

Dunstable?1565

truthful?1567

single-hearted1574

single-minded1577

sound1580

downright1584

unaffected1592

real1597

plain-hearted1601

unartificial1603

free1619

honest1634

fair and square1636

round-dealing1642

wholehearted1657

down flata1663

well-designing1670

heart-whole1684

single-eyed1705

unsanctimoniousa1797

natural1825

bona fide1827

unfallacious1827

jannock1828

forthcoming1835

up and down1836

bonified1840

forthgoing1851

unhypocritical1854

forthright1855

upstanding1863

on the level1872

genuine1890

for real1954

upfront1967

1592 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond lxxviii A happy Country mayde, Whose vnaffected innocencie thinks No guilefull fraude.

1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman x. 90 Hee..cannot with Virgil containe himselfe within that sweete, humble and vnaffected moderation.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii/ 167 Not in a hypocritical way of ostentation,..but in a wise, sober, seemly, unaffected deportment.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 198. ⁋2 There appeared in the Face of Cælia a Chearfulness, the constant Companion of unaffected Virtue.

1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. iii. 184 Sir Sedley received them with the most unaffected pleasure.

1825 W. Scott Talisman iv, in Tales Crusaders IV. 55 A hurried glance of undisguised and unaffected terror.

1884 Manch. Examiner 22 May 5/2 A war which the great majority of the nation regard with unaffected dislike.

b. Of style or discourse: free from affected words or phrases; simple, natural.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] > natural

unaffected1598

unpretentious1887

1598 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. Pref. sig. *6^v The harsh and vnaffected stile of his substantiall verses and the olde dialect of his wordes.

1619 T. More in A. Newman Pleasures Vision A iij b Like to thy modest selfe, thy happy veine Is vnaffected.

1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. Pref. I have esteemed the most unaffected and familiar Stile the best.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 2. ⁋3 Sir Andrew having a natural unaffected Eloquence.

a1721 J. Sheffield Wks. (1723) I. 180 Here sweet Eloquence does always smile, In such a choice, yet unaffected Style, As must both Knowledge and Delight impart.

1818 W. Scott Let. 23 Mar. (1933) V. 109 The letters you have published are, I think, his very best—lively, entertaining, and unaffected.

c. Of conduct, bearing, etc.: free from affectation or artificiality.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > not contrived or artificial

unartificial1603

artless1622

unarted1628

inartificial1656

unartful1670

unaffected1712

unstrained1748

unmannered1804

unschooled1815

wilding1884

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 284. ⁋1 An unaffected Behaviour is without question a very great Charm.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. v. 172 His manners were unaffected and graceful, rather than dignified.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair li. 454 She said the wickedest things with the most simple unaffected air.

1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter I. 67 Oswald was impressed by the simple pathos, the unaffected power, of the speaker.

†2. Not desired or aimed at. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > not desiring or desirous of > not desired

unsought?c1225

unwished1583

uncourted1595

undesired1599

unaffected1611

unwished-for1617

unwilled1648

uncontended1697

unwanted1697

unbesought1739

uncoveted1769

unlonged-for1834

inappetible1874

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xliv. 375/2 A cloud appearing of bloud and fire, immediately after his vnaffected Coronation.

a. Of persons: Not affected, unartificial or unpretentious, in manners.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective]

natural1553

unaffecting1602

inartificial1665

unaffected1677

real1747

unpedantic1782

unpretentious1838

untheatric1858

unselfconscious1866

1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Ggg3^v/3 Unaffected, qui n'est pas affecté.

a1721 J. Sheffield Wks. (1723) II. 266 Montagu, methinks, represents Adam in his innocence..; naked, but not ashamed, because unblemished and unaffected.

1729 T. Cooke Tales 88 Hence, says the Bird of Venus, Boaster fly..Me Men, and Gods, with Admiration view, Plain, unaffected, with my glossy Hue.

1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 21 He seems eminently intellectual, unaffected, and kind.

1889 A. Lang Prince Prigio ii. 13 What nice, unaffected princes they are!

b. Sincere, honest (in some respect).

ΚΠ

1796 F. Burney Camilla V. ix. xi. 221 An unaffected admirer of all she had heard of the good qualities of Eugenia.

II. Not influenced by external agency; untouched.

a. Not affected or influenced in mind or feeling; untouched, unmoved. Also const. by, †to, †with.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective]

eveneOE

still1340

unperturbeda1450

unmovedc1480

quietful1494

lowna1500

calma1568

calmya1586

unpassionatea1586

smartless1593

reposeful1594

dispassionate1595

recollected1595

unaffectedc1595

unpassioned?1605

unpassionated1611

collecteda1616

tranquila1616

untouched1616

impassionate1621

composed1628

dispassioneda1631

tranquillous1638

slow1639

serene1640

dispassionated1647

imperturbed1652

unruffled1654

reposing1655

equanimous1656

perplacid1660

placate1662

equal1680

collect1682

cooled1682

posed1693

sedate1693

impassive1699

uninflamed1714

unexcited1735

unalarmed1756

unfanned1764

unagitated1772

undistraught1773

recollected1792

equable1796

unfussy1823

take-it-easy1825

unflurried1854

cool1855

comfortable1856

disimpassioned1860

tremorless1869

unpressured1879

unrippled1883

ice-cool1891

unrattled1891

Zen-likea1908

unrestless1919

steadyish1924

ataractic1941

relaxed1958

nonplussed1960

loose1968

Zenned-out1968

downtempo1972

mellowed1977

de-stressed1999

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > emotionally unaffected

dead1340

unsmittenc1400

unmovedc1480

unkindleda1525

senseless1560

lumpish1585

unfired1590

unaffectedc1595

incapable1601

unsensible1611

insensible1615

untouched1616

impervious1618

unanswering1632

untransported1641

beauty-proof1676

insensate1726

unsusceptible1734

uninfluenced1735

unimbued1813

unsmote1814

unsusceptive1825

unalive1828

echoless1869

non-conducting1871

unsusceptible1872

irresponsive1886

affectless1912

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lviii. 16 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 62 The aspick..On whom the charmer all in uaine applies His skillfuls't spells.., self-deaff, and unaffected lies.

1621 J. Fletcher et al. Trag. of Thierry & Theodoret ii. i. sig. D3^v A poore, cold, vnspirited, vnmannerde, Vnhonest, vnaffected, vndone, foole.

1729 W. Law Serious Call iv. 67 The mock ceremony, instead of blessing our victuals, does but accustom us to trifle with devotion, and give us a habit of being unaffected with our prayers.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 177 How unaffected People were to the Distresses of others.

1803 Censor 1 Sept. 100 There is something..so moving in the narrative, that I think it is impossible any reader, however stoical, can remain unaffected.

c1820 M. M. Sherwood Orange Grove 17 The old man was quite unaffected, and looked quite stupid.

†b. Not inclined to a side or party. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [adjective] > non-party

unaffected1619

unparty1711

non-party1852

mugwumpish1883

cross-bench mind1884

mugwump1886

partyless1896

freelancing1902

personalist1905

1619 Sir E. Herbert in S. R. Gardiner Lett. Relations Eng. & Germany (1868) 2nd Ser. 85 I hope his Majestie will find this state so unaffected and neutrall, that..their irresolution will keep them indifferent.

5. Not attacked by disease or illness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > free from disease

soundc1175

hailc1275

unfect?1504

unsick?1536

sicklessa1547

unafflicted1599

uninfected1625

diseaseless1653

hale1684

undiseased1745

unaffected1793

undisordereda1807

afflictionless1874

symptom-free1962

1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. xxii. 279 Scirrous tumours occasionally arise in the vagina itself..when the uterus is unaffected.

1873 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. & Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) 281 In this stage [of nephritis] the tubes and their epithelium are unaffected.

a. Not acted upon or altered by some agent or influence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > affected or influenced > not

unvisited1548

untoucheda1586

unattained1613

inaffected1617

uninfluenced1735

unexcited1748

unaffected1830

unsolicited1857

unattacked1878

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > affected or influenced > not > by some agent or influence

unleavened1596

unacted1794

unaffected1830

1830 J. Mackintosh Diss. Progress Ethical Philos. 14 That happiness consisted in virtuous pleasure, chiefly dependent on the state of mind, but not unaffected by outward agents, was the doctrine of both.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 615 Free from old age and unaffected by disease.

b. Similarly without const.

ΚΠ

1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 656 A tremour which might shiver elastic flint,..but leave the chalk unaffected.

1890 Retrospect Med. 102 182 Out of six cases treated..two were cured (?), three slightly relieved, and one unaffected.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unaffected
释义	unaffectedadj. Brit. /ˌʌnəˈfɛktᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənəˈfɛktəd/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2. Compare German unaffectirt. I. Not assumed, simulated, or pretensious. 1. Not adopted or assumed: a. Of qualities, feelings, etc.: Not simulated or pretended; real, genuine, sincere. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective] aefauldOE trueOE true as steela1300 throlya1375 entirec1380 faithfula1382 entirelyc1400 single1519 sincere1533 sincere1539 simple-minded1556 Dunstable?1565 truthful?1567 single-hearted1574 single-minded1577 sound1580 downright1584 unaffected1592 real1597 plain-hearted1601 unartificial1603 free1619 honest1634 fair and square1636 round-dealing1642 wholehearted1657 down flata1663 well-designing1670 heart-whole1684 single-eyed1705 unsanctimoniousa1797 natural1825 bona fide1827 unfallacious1827 jannock1828 forthcoming1835 up and down1836 bonified1840 forthgoing1851 unhypocritical1854 forthright1855 upstanding1863 on the level1872 genuine1890 for real1954 upfront1967 1592 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond lxxviii A happy Country mayde, Whose vnaffected innocencie thinks No guilefull fraude. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman x. 90 Hee..cannot with Virgil containe himselfe within that sweete, humble and vnaffected moderation. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii/ 167 Not in a hypocritical way of ostentation,..but in a wise, sober, seemly, unaffected deportment. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 198. ⁋2 There appeared in the Face of Cælia a Chearfulness, the constant Companion of unaffected Virtue. 1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. iii. 184 Sir Sedley received them with the most unaffected pleasure. 1825 W. Scott Talisman iv, in Tales Crusaders IV. 55 A hurried glance of undisguised and unaffected terror. 1884 Manch. Examiner 22 May 5/2 A war which the great majority of the nation regard with unaffected dislike. b. Of style or discourse: free from affected words or phrases; simple, natural. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] > natural unaffected1598 unpretentious1887 1598 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. Pref. sig. 6^v The harsh and vnaffected stile of his substantiall verses and the olde dialect of his wordes. 1619 T. More in A. Newman Pleasures Vision* A iij b Like to thy modest selfe, thy happy veine Is vnaffected. 1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. Pref. I have esteemed the most unaffected and familiar Stile the best. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 2. ⁋3 Sir Andrew having a natural unaffected Eloquence. a1721 J. Sheffield Wks. (1723) I. 180 Here sweet Eloquence does always smile, In such a choice, yet unaffected Style, As must both Knowledge and Delight impart. 1818 W. Scott Let. 23 Mar. (1933) V. 109 The letters you have published are, I think, his very best—lively, entertaining, and unaffected. c. Of conduct, bearing, etc.: free from affectation or artificiality. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > not contrived or artificial unartificial1603 artless1622 unarted1628 inartificial1656 unartful1670 unaffected1712 unstrained1748 unmannered1804 unschooled1815 wilding1884 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 284. ⁋1 An unaffected Behaviour is without question a very great Charm. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. v. 172 His manners were unaffected and graceful, rather than dignified. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair li. 454 She said the wickedest things with the most simple unaffected air. 1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter I. 67 Oswald was impressed by the simple pathos, the unaffected power, of the speaker. †2. Not desired or aimed at. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > not desiring or desirous of > not desired unsought?c1225 unwished1583 uncourted1595 undesired1599 unaffected1611 unwished-for1617 unwilled1648 uncontended1697 unwanted1697 unbesought1739 uncoveted1769 unlonged-for1834 inappetible1874 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xliv. 375/2 A cloud appearing of bloud and fire, immediately after his vnaffected Coronation. 3. a. Of persons: Not affected, unartificial or unpretentious, in manners. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] natural1553 unaffecting1602 inartificial1665 unaffected1677 real1747 unpedantic1782 unpretentious1838 untheatric1858 unselfconscious1866 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Ggg3^v/3 Unaffected, qui n'est pas affecté. a1721 J. Sheffield Wks. (1723) II. 266 Montagu, methinks, represents Adam in his innocence..; naked, but not ashamed, because unblemished and unaffected. 1729 T. Cooke Tales 88 Hence, says the Bird of Venus, Boaster fly..Me Men, and Gods, with Admiration view, Plain, unaffected, with my glossy Hue. 1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 21 He seems eminently intellectual, unaffected, and kind. 1889 A. Lang Prince Prigio ii. 13 What nice, unaffected princes they are! b. Sincere, honest (in some respect). ΚΠ 1796 F. Burney Camilla V. ix. xi. 221 An unaffected admirer of all she had heard of the good qualities of Eugenia. II. Not influenced by external agency; untouched. 4. a. Not affected or influenced in mind or feeling; untouched, unmoved. Also const. by, †to, †with. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] eveneOE still1340 unperturbeda1450 unmovedc1480 quietful1494 lowna1500 calma1568 calmya1586 unpassionatea1586 smartless1593 reposeful1594 dispassionate1595 recollected1595 unaffectedc1595 unpassioned?1605 unpassionated1611 collecteda1616 tranquila1616 untouched1616 impassionate1621 composed1628 dispassioneda1631 tranquillous1638 slow1639 serene1640 dispassionated1647 imperturbed1652 unruffled1654 reposing1655 equanimous1656 perplacid1660 placate1662 equal1680 collect1682 cooled1682 posed1693 sedate1693 impassive1699 uninflamed1714 unexcited1735 unalarmed1756 unfanned1764 unagitated1772 undistraught1773 recollected1792 equable1796 unfussy1823 take-it-easy1825 unflurried1854 cool1855 comfortable1856 disimpassioned1860 tremorless1869 unpressured1879 unrippled1883 ice-cool1891 unrattled1891 Zen-likea1908 unrestless1919 steadyish1924 ataractic1941 relaxed1958 nonplussed1960 loose1968 Zenned-out1968 downtempo1972 mellowed1977 de-stressed1999 the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > emotionally unaffected dead1340 unsmittenc1400 unmovedc1480 unkindleda1525 senseless1560 lumpish1585 unfired1590 unaffectedc1595 incapable1601 unsensible1611 insensible1615 untouched1616 impervious1618 unanswering1632 untransported1641 beauty-proof1676 insensate1726 unsusceptible1734 uninfluenced1735 unimbued1813 unsmote1814 unsusceptive1825 unalive1828 echoless1869 non-conducting1871 unsusceptible1872 irresponsive1886 affectless1912 c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lviii. 16 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 62 The aspick..On whom the charmer all in uaine applies His skillfuls't spells.., self-deaff, and unaffected lies. 1621 J. Fletcher et al. Trag. of Thierry & Theodoret ii. i. sig. D3^v A poore, cold, vnspirited, vnmannerde, Vnhonest, vnaffected, vndone, foole. 1729 W. Law Serious Call iv. 67 The mock ceremony, instead of blessing our victuals, does but accustom us to trifle with devotion, and give us a habit of being unaffected with our prayers. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 177 How unaffected People were to the Distresses of others. 1803 Censor 1 Sept. 100 There is something..so moving in the narrative, that I think it is impossible any reader, however stoical, can remain unaffected. c1820 M. M. Sherwood Orange Grove 17 The old man was quite unaffected, and looked quite stupid. †b. Not inclined to a side or party. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [adjective] > non-party unaffected1619 unparty1711 non-party1852 mugwumpish1883 cross-bench mind1884 mugwump1886 partyless1896 freelancing1902 personalist1905 1619 Sir E. Herbert in S. R. Gardiner Lett. Relations Eng. & Germany (1868) 2nd Ser. 85 I hope his Majestie will find this state so unaffected and neutrall, that..their irresolution will keep them indifferent. 5. Not attacked by disease or illness. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > free from disease soundc1175 hailc1275 unfect?1504 unsick?1536 sicklessa1547 unafflicted1599 uninfected1625 diseaseless1653 hale1684 undiseased1745 unaffected1793 undisordereda1807 afflictionless1874 symptom-free1962 1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. xxii. 279 Scirrous tumours occasionally arise in the vagina itself..when the uterus is unaffected. 1873 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. & Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) 281 In this stage [of nephritis] the tubes and their epithelium are unaffected. 6. a. Not acted upon or altered by some agent or influence. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > affected or influenced > not unvisited1548 untoucheda1586 unattained1613 inaffected1617 uninfluenced1735 unexcited1748 unaffected1830 unsolicited1857 unattacked1878 the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > affected or influenced > not > by some agent or influence unleavened1596 unacted1794 unaffected1830 1830 J. Mackintosh Diss. Progress Ethical Philos. 14 That happiness consisted in virtuous pleasure, chiefly dependent on the state of mind, but not unaffected by outward agents, was the doctrine of both. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 615 Free from old age and unaffected by disease. b. Similarly without const. ΚΠ 1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 656 A tremour which might shiver elastic flint,..but leave the chalk unaffected. 1890 Retrospect Med. 102 182 Out of six cases treated..two were cured (?), three slightly relieved, and one unaffected. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1592
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