Definition of "unnatural" []

• In violation of a natural law. (adjective)
• Inconsistent with an individual pattern or custom. (adjective)
• Deviating from a behavioral or social norm: an unnatural attachment. (adjective)
• Contrived or constrained; artificial: smiled in an unnatural manner. (adjective)
• In violation of natural feelings; inhuman. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "'_You_ are, Monica; your own unnatural prejudice -- _unnatural_ prejudice, blinds you."
• "They spoke and chanted in Yiddish and Hebrew, stressing the community's resilience and unity after what one called an unnatural death."
• "The good lady could not account for what she called his unnatural departure."