unaffected

unaffected
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. natural, simple, plain; genuine, sincere; ingenuous, artless; untouched, uninfluenced, unmoved. See insensibility, simpleness.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Genuine]
Syn. spontaneous, natural, simple, direct, straightforward, unassuming, modest, forthright, candid, frank, guileless, ingenuous, sincere, artless, plain, plainspoken.
Ant. ornate*, pretentious, foppish.
2. [Uninfluenced]
Syn. unmoved, unaltered, unchanged, untouched, unconcerned, unimpressed, impassive, steady; see also calm 1 .
Ant. changed*, altered, modified.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. natural real, sincere, down-to-earth, unstudied, *folksy, *down-home, unpretentious, genuine, plain, simple.
2. not affected unmoved, impassive, cool, hard, callous, *thick-skinned, unimpressed, unconcerned, unchanged.
ANT.: affected, phony, pretentious
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Not affected by or showing emotion: cold, cold-blooded, emotionless, unemotional, unmoved. See ATTITUDE, HOT. 2. Free from guile, cunning, or deceit: artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, simple, unsophisticated, unstudied, unworldly. See HONEST. 3. Devoid of any hypocrisy or pretense: genuine, heartfelt, hearty, honest, natural, real, sincere, true, unfeigned, unmannered. See TRUE.

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