forced

pronunciation

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Adjective:

produced by or subjected to forcing
forced or compelled
made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency
lacking spontaneity; not natural

Word Origin

forced (adj.): "not spontaneous or voluntary, strained, unnatural," 1570s, past participle adjective from force (v.). Meaning "effected by an unusual application of force" is from 1590s. Related: Forcedly. The flier's forced landing attested by 1917.

Synonym

adj.

driving inescapable unavoidable pressing

adj.

self-conscious far-fetched labored strained affected stiff constrained stagey contrived insincere artificial unnatural studied mannered

adj.

compulsory obliged involuntary constrained committed required obligatory pressured unwilling compelled enforced

Example

1. Will airlines be forced to pay the rest ?

2. Forced repatriation would be damaging to all countries .

3. I didn 't want to disappear into a forced marriage .

4. But customers cannot be forced to order salads instead of fries .

5. Nowhere in the world matches north korea for forced disappearances .

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