Question
If you see something that seems fake since it was too perfectly planned out, call it __ . If you can easily predict the final minutes of a made-for-TV movie, then call it __
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Daphne
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Answer
contrived
Explanation
Both phrases in the question are leaning towards determining a descriptive word for scenarios that are too obviously structured or predictable, such as a scenario that is simultaneously so perfect it doesn't seem real, or something like a made-for-TV movie that tends to follow the same stereotypical plot structure. A commonly used term to describe this kind of predictability is "contrived" which asserts that something feels deliberately created rather than organic or natural.