artificial |
1. adj. Man-made; of artifice. | |
The flowers were artificial, and he thought them rather tacky. | |
2. adj. False, misleading. | |
Her manner was somewhat artificial. | |
3. adj. Unnatural. | |
not |
1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb. | |
Did you take out the trash? No, I did not. | |
Not knowing any better, I went ahead. | |
2. adv. To no degree. | |
That is not red; it's orange. | |
3. conj. And not. | |
I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken. | |
He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple. | |
4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. | |
I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not! | |
Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not! | |
5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function. | |
You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip. | |
6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not. | |
genuine |
1. adj. Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native | |
2. adj. not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated | |
a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials; genuine friendship | |