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contrived

Synonyms

Adjective

1. planned

2. artificial

3. hokey, stilted, affected, unnatural

Usage
In Calgary courts: Convicted murderer's evidence was 'contrived and implausible' judge rules in rejecting possibility he was being attacked at the time of the killing - Yahoo News Canada
Nuclear risks to Israel: Looking behind a contrived "peace" - Israel National News
‘Harlan Coben’s I Will Find You’ Review: Netflix’s Contrived Conspiracy Thriller - WSJ
Southampton’s Tonda Eckert authorised ‘contrived’ Spygate plan, commission says - The Athletic - The New York Times
Alabama NAACP: State attempt at redistricting a ‘contrived crisis’ - Alabama Reflector
World Sailing’s latest contrived solution - Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Has Contrived Coarseness Jumped the Shark? - National Review
1992 Film Bashed for ‘Contrived, Cornball’ Plot Later Named ‘Best Sports Movie Ever’ - Yahoo News UK
Food poverty in Kenya is contrived through policy incompetence and neglect - standardmedia.co.ke
“It’s Not A Contrived Duet… It’s Real” — Kacey Musgraves Says There Was Actual Tension With Miranda Lambert For Years & “Horses And Divorces” Buried The Hatchet - Whiskey Riff
‘Heel’ Review: Why Did Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough Sign on for This Contrived Debacle? - Variety
The removal of the presumption of involvement – cultural correction or contrived change? - Family Law publishers
Exclusive | Justin Baldoni pal eviscerates Blake Lively for Met Gala appearance post-settlement - Page Six
President Catherine Connolly on the Bealtaine festival : "Art transcends boundaries, transcends time, and transcends contrived generational gaps" - Hotpress
Reminders of Him review – contrived Colleen Hoover romance has its charms - The Guardian
Spygate: Southampton head coach Tonda Eckert authorised spying, panel says - BBC
Contrived Coarseness Like Juliana Stratton’s Is Here to Stay - National Review
Justin Baldoni pal eviscerates Blake Lively for ‘contrived’ Met Gala appearance post-settlement: ‘If you could hear eyes roll’ - Yahoo
Heartbreak High final season review – a colourful but contrived farewell to Hartley High - The Guardian
Reminders of Him Review — Contrived, Soulless, and Poorly Manufactured Melodrama - IMDb
“People are rejecting the algorithm. They want to think and feel. They don’t want to be fed things”: Geese’s record label dismisses the suggestion that their success was contrived amid 'psyop' drama - MusicRadar
Word of the day: What 'contrive' means and how to use it right - India Today
Will Buxton: Formula 1 needs a reality check right now it feels contrived and false - grandprix247
Stoke City 1-3 Millwall: Potters 'contrived to beat ourselves', boss Mark Robins says - BBC
Iran slams ‘contrived media war’, confirms US talks as Trump warns ‘we’ll see what happens’ with USS Abraham Lincoln - WION
Book Review: Colleen Hoover’s novel ‘Woman Down’ is a contrived, cynical reflection on cancel culture - The Daily Northwestern
'Bedford Park' Review: Two Children of Korean Immigrants Connect - Variety
Web Review: Sankalp is Too Contrived in Concept - South Asian Herald
Review: System's winning cast can't pull through its contrived and convenient plot - t2ONLINE
Uptick in politicians swearing is ‘contrived’ instead of ‘authentic’: Joe Concha - Washington Examiner
Maria Steen: The ‘gender pay gap’ is made-up, pointless and ignores the reality of women like me - The Irish Times
Meghan savagely mocked over ‘contrived’ new video with Prince Harry - Sky News Australia
‘Contrived Investigation’: Delhi Court Discharges 12 In 2007 Jamia Nagar Violence Case, Frames Charges Ag - The Times of India
Sweetness (2025) Movie Review: An Eerie but Highly Contrived and Cliched Exploration of Pop-Icon Obsession and Teen Blues - High On Films
Red Sox exhaust Yankees with contrived drama after Willson Contreras comments - Yanks Go Yard
President’s Contrived Emergencies Seek to Erase Legal Limits on War Powers - American Constitution Society
‘Unreliable’: Expert witness says Christchurch terrorist could have ‘exaggerated or contrived’ mental state - Stuff
Leading lawyers condemn ‘contrived’ Bangladesh trial of former UK minister - The Guardian
‘Warning shot’: Experts react to ATO property development tax alert - Accountants Daily
Is ‘Didion and Babitz’ quality commentary — or a contrived catfight? | Better Late Than Never - The Daily Free Press
The Art and Community of Self-Contrived Trail Adventures - Trail Runner Magazine
An Age Contrived review— Fit for the gods - GamingTrend
Toward diagnostic preparedness: detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) in contrived nasal swab specimens using rapid antigen and point-of-care molecular tests - ASM Journals
Editorial: US Supreme Court’s Contrived Immunity Decision Undermines Rule of Law - Jurist.org
Real education problems, not contrived ones, need attention - Nebraska Examiner
Authentic vs. Contrived: A Review of Anthony Iacuzzi and Steve Geer at Perspective - Newcity Art
ATO flags concerns with contrived property development arrangements between related parties - RSM Global
Court will not weigh in on Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot deadline before election - SCOTUSblog
Queer inclusivity can’t save contrived ‘Threesome’ - Philadelphia Gay News
Review: “The Purge” senseless and contrived - North Texas Daily
Contrived chaos - how the 2025 political landscape threatens democracy - Cleveland.com
Supreme Court Leaves Census Question on Citizenship in Doubt (Published 2019) - The New York Times
What Selective Outrage over LIV Golf Says About Sportswashing - Roger Pielke Jr. | Substack
With Love, Meghan season two review – so painfully contrived that it’s genuinely fascinating - The Guardian
David Geffen Snaps Back at Estranged Husband's Lawsuit, Said Claims Are 'Contrived Attempt' - Complex
‘Sore: Wife from the Future’ Review: A Fantastical Time-Traveling Romance That Never Achieves Liftoff - Variety
The Contrived Rivalry Between Two Pioneering French Women Artists - Hyperallergic
Supreme Court puts census citizenship question on hold - The Washington Post
Biden camp admonishes DeSantis' culture war fights as a 'contrived political stunt' - ABC7 New York
Meghan’s Netflix show ‘so painfully contrived it becomes almost fascinating’ - The Independent
In Earnest, Contrived Biopic 'Harriet,' Tubman Is An Action Hero - WWNO
Crisis Contrived - Princeton Alumni Weekly
Biden camp admonishes DeSantis' culture war fights as a 'contrived political stunt' - ABC30 Fresno
Word of the Day: contrive (Published 2024) - The New York Times
‘The Adam Project’ a pointless, contrived time-travel adventure - Boston Herald
Progressive companies: Natural or contrived? - The Paisano
‘The Penguin Lessons’ Review: Uneven Buddy Comedy Both Cute and Contrived - We Live Entertainment
Predictably Poor: ‘Trap’ Features M. Night Shyamalan at His Contrived Worst - Coachella Valley Independent
Judge Accuses Baker Botts Lawyers of Writing a 'Contrived' Opinion - Business Insider
Film Review: Contrived "Family" Values - The Arts Fuse
Contrived scientific controversies can be deadly - MinnPost
Campus Contrived: Tuttle School - The Minnesota Daily
The Teachers’ Lounge Review: Germany’s Oscar Entry is an Engrossing Yet Contrived Thriller - The Film Stage
Movie Review: ‘A House of Dynamite’ is Contrived, Predictable, Political Fluff - InSession Film
New MassGOP Chair Criticizes ‘Contrived' Trump Indictment - NBC Boston
Donnie McClurkin Responds To 'Contrived And Untrue' Allegations In Sexual Assault Lawsuit - Black Enterprise
Campus Contrived: “Spannungsfeld” - The Minnesota Daily
Watchdog Urges Bishkek To Drop 'Contrived' Charges Against 11 Journalists On Trial - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
The Anti-SLAPP statute's catchall provision - real or contrived 'public issues' - Daily Journal
Editorial: Contrived Ignorance in Flood Mitigation - Reduce Flooding
Princess Kate Backed Over ‘Contrived’ Video Swipe - Newsweek
Contrived Scarcity and Antitrust Lawsuits—“It’s Not a Bag, It’s a Birkin” - Mises Institute
International Women’s Day: contrived, commercialised and cynical - UnHerd
PGA Tour policy board's Peter Malnati trashes LIV team concept as 'contrived, fake;' questions TGL - The Palm Beach Post
Contrived charges of antisemitism are the new ‘Red Scare’ - Mondoweiss
The "contrived" artist Ginger Baker never connected with - Far Out Magazine
The contrived case of the Kurdish missing in Iran - The Arab Weekly
‘Midnight Lady’: The classic song Marvin Gaye slammed as totally “contrived” - Far Out Magazine
Contrived, trashy, awful: What we learn from reality TV - The Globe and Mail
‘Snow White’ Review: A Disney Princess’s Pointless Return - WSJ
David Geffen Snaps Back at Estranged Husband's Lawsuit, Said Claims Are 'Contrived Attempt' - Yahoo
THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES Is Confusing and Contrived - filminquiry.com
Review: ‘Scream 5’ Is A Clever But Contrived Return To Woodsboro - Forbes
Campus Contrived: Moos Tower - The Minnesota Daily
Supreme Court Green-Lights Gerrymandering and Blocks Census Citizenship Question (Published 2019) - The New York Times
'Praise Petey': Wildly contrived and utterly familiar - The Sumter Item
Solid and contrived piety: Michael O’Brien’s Father Elijah series - The Living Church
Contrived ‘Carrie Pilby’ Wastes the Charm of Bel Powley - observer.com
Heart Overrules the Head Leaving ‘Signs of Light’ Dim and Contrived - bcheights.com
‘Economic freedom’ rankings are contrived, meaningless nonsense - The Real News Network
Foreign Language Equivalents
Foreign Language Equivalents of 'contrived'
Language Equivalent   Language Equivalent
French    Spanish
Misspellings - Typos
conteived,   contriced,   cntrived,   vontrived,   contruved,   contrives,   contrievd,   contrivwd,   conttrived,   contrivde,   cotrived,   ccontrived,   conrrived,   contirved,   ocntrived,   contrivrd,   cotnrived,   cintrived,   contrive,   contribed,   contrivef,   coontrived,   contried,   cpntrived,   contriveed,   comtrived,   xontrived,   contriived,   conrtived,   conntrived,   contrivd,   controved,   conyrived,   conrived,   contrrived,   contrivved,   contrvied,   cnotrived,   contrved,   conttived,   contrivedd,   contived,   ontrived,   cobtrived
Words Starting with Letter - 'A'
a a battery a billion
a bit a bit much a capella singing
a cappella singing a couple of a few
a fortiori a good deal a great deal
a horizon a hundred a hundred and one
a hundred thousand a hundred times a kempis
a la carte a la mode a level
a little a lot a million
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