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unwilled

unwilled adjective: not disposed of in a legal will.

Adjective

unwilled (not comparable)

  1. Not disposed of in a legal will.
    • Or is it to go no further than to condemn such a law as that which in England gives unwilled lands to the eldest son?1905, John Morley, Rousseau
  2. Not willed or wished for.
    • In early infancy activity is entirely purposeless and unwilled, merely the instinctive movement of every part of the body.1907, Antoinette Abernethy Lamoreaux, The Unfolding Life

Origin of unwilled

From un- + willed.

Questions about unwilled

What does unwilled mean?
Unwilled means not disposed of in a legal will.
What part of speech is unwilled?
Unwilled is an adjective.

Words near unwilled in the dictionary

  1. unwilful
  2. unwilfully
  3. unwilfulness
  4. unwill
  5. unwillable
  6. unwilled
  7. unwillful
  8. unwillfully
  9. unwillfulness
  10. unwilling
  11. unwillingly

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