adjective
- Made unnatural or artificial; stripped of natural qualities or characteristics.
Usage: British spelling variant of 'denaturalized'
verb
- Past tense and past participle of denaturalise: to remove the natural character or qualities from something; to make unnatural.
Usage: British spelling variant of 'denaturalized'; transitive verb
Examples
- The processed food had been so denaturalised that it bore little resemblance to its original form.
- The chemicals denaturalised the protein structure, rendering it inactive.
- Her denaturalised accent suggested years spent abroad.
- The landscape was denaturalised by urban development and industrial pollution.
- They denaturalised the alcohol to make it unfit for consumption.
- The denaturalised version of the classic recipe disappointed traditional cooks.