unforced

/ (ʌnˈfɔːst) /

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not forced or having been forcedunforced errors

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How to use unforced in a sentence

That complexity includes more encounters with Max that lead to a lovely, unforced ending.
Jenny Slate’s Earnest and Funny Abortion Film ‘Obvious Child’|Caryn James|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Scott made the unforced “error” of endorsing the Medicaid expansion for about 20 minutes last year.
States Edge Closer to Medicaid Expansion: Who’ll Go First?|Michael Tomasky|January 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There has always had to be an unforced, unforceable motion of the heart to go with the visible, social stuff.
Francis Spufford on How Atheists Put Religion Through All the Wrong Tests|Francis Spufford|October 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Williams never faced a break point and committed just eight unforced errors in her first-round match.
The Battle of the Sexes Is Back: Serena vs. the Men|Kevin Fixler|August 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST

He lacked basic political skills, and his unforced errors and muddled messaging unnecessarily antagonized conservatives.
Jon Huntsman Holds His Ground as Republicans Come Around to His Views|David Catanese|April 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Yet the transition is as unforced as any such transition can be.
Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians|James Denney
He broke into another laugh at the recollection of it—a laugh that was louder but hardly as unforced as the first one.
Elkan Lubliner, American|Montague Glass
Please to observe how adroitly an unforced play upon words is embodied in these eight lines.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVII, August 1852, Vol. V|Various
Shelley was a true and noble man—no poet was ever warmed by a more genuine and unforced aspiration.
Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers|Charles Bradlaugh, A. Collins, and J. Watts
At the same time we feel that the charm of Friendship is lost if the flow of emotion is not spontaneous and unforced.
The Methods of Ethics|Henry Sidgwick

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