Contrived and Made

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Contrived

Contrived adjective - Lacking in natural or spontaneous quality.

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Made and contrived are semantically related in constructed topic. In some cases you can use "Made" instead an adjective "Contrived".

Nearby Words: contrivance, contriving, contriver

Made

Made adjective - Produced by a manufacturing process.

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Contrived and made are semantically related in constructed topic. You can use "Contrived" instead an adjective "Made", if it concerns topics such as created, fashioned.

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In mid-Sinnoh, Ambipom was literally Put on a Bus, for incredibly contrived reasons that made no sense given the Pokemon's previously established character.

Source: Character Derailment / Anime and Manga
Contrived Coincidence: Chrestomanci tries to made his sudden appearances after people call his name look like this.

Source: Literature / Chrestomanci aka: The Lives Of Christopher Chant
Presumably it was removed to make the reveal at the end a surprise, but in doing so it just made the whole thing ridiculously contrived.

Source: Series / Star Trek: The Original Series

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