Artificial and Captious

Artificial

Artificial adjective - Lacking in natural or spontaneous quality.

Captious and artificial are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Artificial".

Nearby Words: artifice, artificially

Captious

Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.

Artificial and captious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Artificial" instead an adjective "Captious".

Nearby Words: caption, captiously

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