unwilled
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of unwilled
Example Sentences
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It is an unwilled loss of distinction between the simulation and that which is being simulated, including the adventures and quests of WoW.
From Forbes • Nov. 28, 2014
It is a powerful and unwilled form of identification, a Houdini-like vanishing act that allows Bolaño to merge with his scariest and most repellent creations as much as with his likable ones.
From Salon • Jan. 19, 2014
The minimum that suffices for the personal benefits of merit and impetration is the verbal or the literal attention, and the imperfect attention that is mixed with some unwilled distractions or mind wanderings.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
Here, however, the dividing line generally sought between willed and unwilled, involuntary, or, as we say, drifting thought, becomes dim and uncertain.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.
With A., B., C. and D. there were instances of unwilled movements of the images, in the experiments where the movements were not timed.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo
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