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man-made Definition

man·-made (-mād′)

adjective

made by people; artificial or synthetic

man-made Synonyms

man-made

modif.

manufactured, artificial, unnatural, counterfeit, not genuine; see also false 3, synthetic 2.

man-made Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • fiber: It also has 3 % additive of man-made fiber.
  • mound: Standing 130 feet from base to peak, the hill is the tallest man-made mound in Europe.
  • disaster: No more of his excuses for this epic man-made disaster stand an earthly chance of being believed.
  • lake: Kielder Water is the largest man-made lake in Europe.
  • warming: There is no evidence for man-made global warming, just natural climate change.
  • chemical: Babies are born with certain man-made chemicals in their bodies which are passed from their mothers.

Modifying Another Word

  • entirely: A entirely man-made base of about 20 cms covers 4 runs with 5 or 6 lifts open.
  • not: NO plastics, be natural fiber materials, not man-made.
  • only: Do you remember the old legend that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from space?
  • purely: Others take the view that mathematics is purely man-made.
  • just: It's not just man-made emissions do even at home.
  • all: But now the balance has been upset and the reasons for the Barn Owl's decline are all man-made.

Used with adjective complement

colonize: However, Legionella can also colonize man-made recirculating hot and water systems such as storage tanks, calorifiers and air conditioning systems.