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Contrived
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Meaning
Verb
●
simple past
and
past participle
of contrive
Adj
●
Created in a
deliberate
,
rather than
natural or
spontaneous
, way.
●
Unnatural,
forced
;
artificial
, or unrealistic.
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Antonyms
Spontaneous
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Convoluted
Scripted
Hackneyed
Trite
Cliched
Stilted
Overwrought
Disjointed
Hamfisted
Formulaic
Exaggerated
Fabricated
Nonsensical
Facile
Artificial
Banal
Cheesy
Melodramatic
Misguided
Manipulated
Portrayed
Overdone
Muddled
Simplistic
Crafted
Interpreted
Farcical
Intended
Orchestrated
Imagined
Devised
Created
Believable
Managed
Modified
Decided
Twisted
Formulated
Suggested
Framed
Attempted
Complicated
Found
Overblown
Contemplated
Proposed
Assumed
Superficial
Chosen
Distorted
Understood
Naturalistic
Arbitrary
Biased
Tried
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