manmade
pronunciation
How to pronounce manmade in British English:
UK ['mænmeɪd]
How to pronounce manmade in American English:
US ['mænˌmeɪd]
Word Origin
- manmade (adj.)
- also man-made, c. 1718, from man (n.) + made. In early use typically of institutions, etc., and opposed to what is natural or god-made. Of fibers, foodstuffs, etc., from mid-20c.
Example
- 1. Everything that is manmade has been designed .
- 2. It deleted references to studies showing that global warming is caused by manmade emissions .
- 3. Every manmade structure , every leaf on every tree that had obscured the view minutes earlier , was gone .
- 4. Article 25 this chapter shall apply , where appropriate , to the dumping in the sea of ships , aircraft , marine facilities and other manmade structures .
- 5. " Such an exquisite structure has evolved over 200 million years , and it can perform far better than manmade , nonoptimized tools , " said study co-author pupa gilbert , a biophysicist at the university of wisconsin-madison .