unvoluntary

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adjective

Involuntary.

Similar
involuntarynonvoluntarydrivengoadedforcedunconsciousunwilled
OriginEnglish voluntary ← Middle English voluntarie ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunvoluntary (comparative more unvoluntary, superlative most unvoluntary)

comparative more unvoluntary · superlative most unvoluntary

  1. obsoleteInvoluntary.

    […] may their Mistake herein be as freely forgiven them, as I hope and desire that the Charitable Reader will with his Pardon meet those unvoluntary Errours, which in this Work by me shall be committed.

    1655, Thomas Fuller, “I. Century”, in The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI), page 2
  2. human sciencesVoluntary in response to an involuntary stimulus.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot subject to the control of the will

Similar
involuntarynonvoluntarydrivengoadedforcedunconsciousunwilled
Also see
compulsorydrivenforcedinvoluntarymandatorynonvoluntaryobligateunconsciousunwilledunwilling

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Middle Englishvoluntarie
  9. Englishvoluntary
  10. Englishunvoluntary

From un- + voluntary.

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Cite this entry
APA

unvoluntary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unvoluntary

MLA

“unvoluntary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unvoluntary. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unvoluntary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unvoluntary.

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