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uncontrived
adjective as in artless
adjective as in natural
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- artless
- being oneself
- candid
- childlike
- credulous
- direct
- folksy
- forthright
- homey
- ignorant
- impulsive
- inartificial
- ingenuous
- laid-back
- naive
- simplehearted
- sincere
- spontaneous
- straightforward
- trusting
- unassumed
- undesigning
- unembarrassed
- unfeigned
- unforced
- unlabored
- unpolished
- unpretentious
- unschooled
- unsophisticated
- unstudied
- unworldly
- up-front
adjective as in spontaneous
Weak matches
- ad-lib
- automatic
- break loose
- down
- extemporaneous
- extempore
- free
- free-spirited
- from the hip
- impetuous
- improvised
- inevitable
- involuntary
- irresistible
- natural
- off top of head
- off-the-cuff
- unartful
- unavoidable
- unbidden
- uncompelled
- unconscious
- unconstrained
- uncontrolled
- unforced
- unintentional
- unpremediated
- unprompted
- unsophisticated
- unstudied
- up front
Example Sentences
“Past Lives” and “The Holdovers” are excellent original screenplays full of characters that feel real and uncontrived, which is funny considering the characters in “Maestro” are real but feel the most fake.
Street photographers — like news photographers — shoot life as it happens, natural and uncontrived.
“Dylan is — and I can say this in equal parts for my feeling about her as a person and as an actress — as uncontrived as it gets,” Penn says.
But quickly Wondratschek’s story reveals itself to be entirely original and uncontrived.
Spone, a trained dancer, proved especially nimble as Anis, with crisp lines and an uncontrived ability to convey emotions through mime.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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