all-natural en · ADJ
Etymology
From all + natural.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of food, qualifier:drink; or their ingredients; drink; or their ingredients) Consisting wholly of natural ingredients; being absolutely natural without any artificial components.
During the past few years, some 200 class-action suits have been filed against food manufacturers, charging them with misuse of the adjective in marketing such edible oxymorons as “natural” Cheetos Puffs, “all-natural” Sun Chips, “all-natural” Naked Juice, “100 percent all-natural” Tyson chicken nuggets and so forth.
2015 April 28, Michael Pollan, “Why ‘Natural’ Doesn’t Mean Anything Anymore”, in The New York Times Magazine:so is this supposed to be the actual, sincerely natural chemical ingredients of a bonafide wild banana, or is this a^([sic]) expose image on the ingredients that are added to supposedly "all-natural" bananas?
2013 December 21, 413lab, doctordaedalus, “An all-natural banana”, in reddit.com:• All-natural peanut butter
2008, Brett Mckay, The Art of Manliness: Sandwiches for Men Cookbook, 500+ Manly Sandwich Recipes, →ISBN, page 21:Should bring out his own all-natural hat line. So classy!
2020 March 25, Fhalala, koala_token, “Reinhardt only wears 100% all-natural hats”, in reddit.com:all-natural ingredients
all-natural soups
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(not-comparable) Without makeup and with one's natural hair color.
This is my all-natural look. How do you like it?
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| all natural | alternative | lexicographic |