Both Uses of
artificial
in
The Hunger Games
- All the colors seem artificial, the pinks too deep, the greens too bright, the yellows painful to the eyes, like the flat round disks of hard candy we can never afford to buy at the tiny sweet shop in District 12.
p. 59.8artificial = not natural
- Then I just lay curled up on the bed, stroking the silken sheets, watching the sun set over the artificial candy Capitol.
p. 104.4 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(artificial as in: an artificial heart) made by humans -- often to replace something that can be found in nature
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(2)
(artificial as in: an artificial smile) not sincere, pretended, or designed to impress