man-made
/ˈmænˌmeɪd/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.57 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Created or caused by human beings, as opposed to occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic.
Example Sentences
- "It is, in my belief, an artificial, man-made development in hounds, since it exists only in rudimentary form in other dogs, foxes, and wolves, which are said sometimes to give cry when hunting their game."
- "Draw in both man-made and natural obstacles. Anything that may hinder the proposed landing (e.g., cusps, submerged rocks, partially awash or submerged wrecks, scullies, berm scarps, sandbars, rails, etc.) may be considered an obstacle."
- "Consequently, […] the question arises in our mind whether […] there was not also in Islam a controversy over the inlibration, that is, the embookment, of the pre-existing Koran in the revealed Koran and also over the problem of whether the revealed Koran had two natures, a divine and a man-made, or only one nature, a man-made nature."
Etymology
From man (“human”) + made. First attested in 1615. According to the OED, the pronunciation with primary stress on man, /ˈmænˌmeɪd/, is older.