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UNFORCED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unforced mean?
• UNFORCED (adjective)
The adjective UNFORCED has 2 senses:
1. not brought about by coercion or force
2. not resulting from undue effort; not forced
Familiarity information: UNFORCED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not brought about by coercion or force
Synonyms:
Context example:
the confession was uncoerced
Similar:
voluntary (of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not resulting from undue effort; not forced
Synonyms:
unforced; unstrained
Context example:
his playing is facile and unstrained
Similar:
effortless (requiring or apparently requiring no effort)
Context examples
She was very showy, but she was not genuine: she had a fine person, many brilliant attainments; but her mind was poor, her heart barren by nature: nothing bloomed spontaneously on that soil; no unforced natural fruit delighted by its freshness.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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