contrived
/kənˈtɹaɪvd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of contrive
adj
Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
adj
Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.
Example Sentences
- "contrived joke"
- "contrived answer"
- "contrived speech"
- "contrived solution"
- "Sign languages are natural languages, emerging spontaneously when a group of deaf people meets and interacts on a regular basis over a period of time. They differ from spoken languages in terms of the physical modality in which they are transmitted. However, like spoken languages, they arise within a community, and are not contrived systems of communication."
Inflected Forms
more contrived (comparative)
most contrived (superlative)