The meaning of CONTRIVED is having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial, labored. How to use contrived in a sentence.

CONTRIVED definition: 1. artificial and difficult to believe: 2. artificial and difficult to believe: 3. too obviously…. Learn more.

Contrived definition: obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained.. See examples of CONTRIVED used in a sentence.

Definition of contrived adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.

The adjective contrived describes something that is artificially planned, especially in an obvious way, so it comes across as faked or forced. It's not just drama that can come off as contrived.

Obviously planned or calculated; not spontaneous or natural; labored: a novel with a contrived ending.