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Artificial

ˌɑːtɪˈfɪʃl

Artificial definitions

adjective

Inflections:

artificial

made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural

"her skin glowed in the artificial light"

Synonyms:
artificial synthetic manufactured machine-made fabricated
- (of a situation or concept) not existing naturally; contrived or false
  
  "the artificial division of people into age groups"
(of a person or their behaviour) insincere or affected

"she gave an artificial smile"

Synonyms:
feigned insincere false affected mannered unnatural stilted contrived pretended put-on exaggerated actorly performative overdone overripe forced laboured strained hollow spurious
(of a bid) conventional as opposed to natural

"the Italian team began with an artificial club"