contrived

Definitions

Deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.

Forced, artificial, or lacking a natural quality.

Examples

The plot of the movie felt incredibly contrived, with too many convenient coincidences.

Her apology sounded forced and contrived, as if she had rehearsed it several times.

Synonyms

artificial forced strained labored affected unnatural feigned

Antonyms

natural genuine spontaneous authentic sincere unaffected real