artificial
adjective
ar·ti·fi·cial
ˌär-tə-ˈfi-shᵊl
1
: humanly contrived (see contrive sense 1b) often on a natural model : man-made
an artificial limb
artificial diamonds
2
a
: having existence in legal, economic, or political theory
b
: caused or produced by a human and especially social or political agency
an artificial price advantage
Within these companies, qualified women run into artificial barriers that prevent them from advancing to top positions in management.—James J. Kilpatrick
3
a
: lacking in natural or spontaneous quality
an artificial smile
an artificial excitement
4
: based on differential morphological characters not necessarily indicative of natural relationships
an artificial key for plant identification
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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