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unvoluntary

unvoluntary adjective: involuntary.

Adjective

unvoluntary (comparative more unvoluntary, superlative most unvoluntary)

  1. (obsolete) Involuntary.
    • […] 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. Voluntary in response to an involuntary stimulus.

Forms of unvoluntary

comparativemore unvoluntary
superlativemost unvoluntary

Origin of unvoluntary

From un- + voluntary.

Words formed from unvoluntary

Questions about unvoluntary

What does unvoluntary mean?
Unvoluntary means involuntary.
What part of speech is unvoluntary?
Unvoluntary is an adjective.

Words near unvoluntary in the dictionary

  1. unvolitional
  2. unvolitioned
  3. unvoluminous
  4. unvoluntarily
  5. unvoluntariness
  6. unvoluntary
  7. unvolunteer
  8. unvolunteered
  9. unvolunteering
  10. unvolunteers
  11. unvoluptuous

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