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unwilled

American  
[uhn-wild] / ʌnˈwɪld /

adjective

  1. not willed; will; involuntary; unintentional.

    an unwilled accident.


unwilled British  
/ ʌnˈwɪld /

adjective

  1. not intentional; involuntary

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Etymology

Origin of unwilled

First recorded in 1530–40; un- 1 + willed

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

It may be unwilled and unintended but it is inexorable.

From Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster by Prince, Samuel Henry

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

From The Unfolding Life A Study of Development with Reference to Religious Training by Lamoreaux, Antoinette Abernethy

In Chapter VIII., we consider in what ways motor automatism—the unwilled activity of hand or voice—may be used as a means of such communication.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)