as in voluntary
done, made, or given with one's own free will
the participation of the people on the project must be unforced, or it really isn't a volunteer effort
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Recent Examples of unforced
Bad offense, unforced turnovers, the ball sticking, trying to play one-on-one.
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Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 Dec. 2025
Thinking the pandemic recovery boom on Wall Street would never stop was an unforced error.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
The story of the game for the Cardinals was the unforced errors, as the team was called for seven penalties in the fourth quarter alone.
—Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
Every detail feels deliberate yet easy and unforced.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unforced
Adjective
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The program was also voluntary — if residents saw fit just to throw all their recyclable glass and aluminum and paper into the regular garbage there was nothing stopping them from doing so.—
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But that doesn’t mean anyone took it easy on Sherrod, who always participated in voluntary class time.—
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Within the past couple of years, the group has become a part of Arrowhead Kingdom, an all-volunteer national network of Chiefs fan groups.—
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That’s noteworthy for a show based at a high-school auditorium in Litchfield and run by a staff that is almost entirely volunteer, including the show’s star and its producer.—
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If a team is calculated — and perhaps more importantly, willing to take a risk — there are opportunities to find very useful pieces that can make quicker impacts than picks or prospects.—
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Second, the firm brings to the table a more than qualified CEO candidate who is ready and willing to take on this role.—
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“Unforced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unforced. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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