contrived

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contrived

Simple past tense and past participle of contrive.

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contrived (comparative more contrived, superlative most contrived)

unnatural, forced

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staged

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adjective

Dutch: gekunsteld, slinks (nl), bedrieglijk (nl)
French: artificiel (fr), forcé (fr), affecté (fr), feint (fr)
Romanian: forțat (ro), artificial (ro)

Russian: неестественный (ru) (nejestestvennyj)
Swedish: krystad (sv)

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Last modified on 6 November 2013, at 18:55