Is this your crossword clue?
"artificial" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often unnatural (9 letters).
Definitions
Made by people rather than occurring naturally.
Word origin
From Middle English artificial (“man-made”) via Old French (modern French artificiel), from Latin artificiālis from artificium (“skill”), from artifex, from ars (“skill”), and -fex, from facere (“to make”). Displaced native Old English cræftlīċ.
Used in a sentence
“The flowers were artificial, and he thought them rather tacky.”
“Her manner was somewhat artificial.”
“In Alberta, for example, policy documents reinforce an artificial distinction between leadership-related activity and management.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Made by people”10 letters
02“Man-made”10 letters
Not quite right?
"Search similar patterns."
A_________