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unwilled

[ uhn-wild ]
/ ʌnˈwɪld /
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adjective

not willed; involuntary; unintentional: an unwilled accident.

RELATED WORDS

natural, mechanical, reflex, unconscious, routine, habitual, impulsive, instinctive, intuitive, involuntary, knee-jerk, perfunctory, spontaneous, unintentional, unthinking, instinctual, unforced, autogenetic

Nearby words

unwelcome, unwell, unwept, unwholesome, unwieldy, unwilled, unwilling, unwincing, unwind, unwinking, unwinnable

Origin of unwilled

First recorded in 1530–40; un-1 + willed
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Examples from the Web for unwilled

  • "Age cannot wither, nor custom stale—" To his instinctive, unwilled fancy, she was Cleopatra.

    Aaron's Rod|D. H. Lawrence

  • In early infancy activity is entirely purposeless and unwilled, merely the instinctive movement of every part of the body.

    The Unfolding Life|Antoinette Abernethy Lamoreaux

British Dictionary definitions for unwilled

unwilled

/ (ʌnˈwɪld) /

adjective

not intentional; involuntary
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