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
There was little to separate the two players during the first set, with both players hitting more winners than unforced errors.
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Ben Morse, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
Alcaraz did not face a break point in the first set as Dimitrov scraped together a handful of winners against more than a dozen unforced errors.
—Staff and News Service Reports, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
Which is to say there’s no Latifi, Mazepin or Schumacher on the grid to cause repeated, errant crashes (unforced errors) and red flags.
—Rob Reed, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Another Republican senator characterized Monday’s memo as an unforced error.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 30 Jan. 2025
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Ben Morse, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
Alcaraz did not face a break point in the first set as Dimitrov scraped together a handful of winners against more than a dozen unforced errors.
—Staff and News Service Reports, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
Which is to say there’s no Latifi, Mazepin or Schumacher on the grid to cause repeated, errant crashes (unforced errors) and red flags.
—Rob Reed, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Another Republican senator characterized Monday’s memo as an unforced error.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unforced
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What's Being Recalled And Why The voluntary recall was initiated by Cabot’s parent company, Agri-Mark, Inc., on March 26, 2025, after internal testing detected elevated levels of coliform bacteria.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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In the letter, DeJoy told lawmakers that the agency plans to cut 10,000 employees through voluntary early retirement efforts.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2023
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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.—
Susan Dunne,
Hartford Courant,
18 Aug. 2022
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There’s not one person in that locker room who’s not willing to sacrifice for somebody else.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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The question is whether Colossal’s leaders and supporters are willing to pivot from a project that grabs news headlines to ones that would likely make positive differences.—
Nitin Sekar,
ArsTechnica,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Unforced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unforced. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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