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unforce

unforce noun: the lack or absence of force; forcelessness.

Noun

unforce (countable and uncountable, plural unforces)

  1. The lack or absence of force; forcelessness.
    • Force and unforce — the carrying along with of withdrawal.1995, Martin Heidegger, Aristotle's Metaphysics [theta] 1-3
    • The steretic alteration of force into unforce is accordingly of a different kind from, say, the turn from movement toward rest, not only because force and movement are different according to their particular content but because the proper possessive character of force is more inwardly bound up with...2012, Juan-Manuel Garrido, On Time, Being, and Hunger

Forms of unforce

pluralunforces

Origin of unforce

From un- (“lack or absence of”) + force.

Questions about unforce

What does unforce mean?
Unforce means the lack or absence of force; forcelessness.
What part of speech is unforce?
Unforce is a noun.
What is the plural of unforce?
The plural of unforce is unforces.

Words near unforce in the dictionary

  1. unforbearing
  2. unforbid
  3. unforbidden
  4. unforbiddenly
  5. unforbidding
  6. unforce
  7. unforceable
  8. unforced
  9. unforced error
  10. unforced errors
  11. unforcedly

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