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Meanings of involuntary in English

Portuguese
involuntária
Catalan
involuntari

Not subject to the control of the will.

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      involuntária

      Involuntary.

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              Usage of involuntary in English
              1
              Companies generally have around 20 days to reply to an involuntary petition.
              Reuters
              2
              However, his road to a thoroughly involuntary retirement was dogged by controversy.
              The South African
              3
              The nature of the manslaughter in the case was involuntary, he submitted.
              The Irish Times
              4
              It is easy to confuse the debates regarding voluntary and involuntary migration.
              The Irish Times
              5
              Those were onsets of involuntary contemplation; sudden partings of the conceptual veil.
              Practical Mysticism: A Little Book for Normal People
              6
              You must pardon my involuntary indiscretion in proposing to turn in here.
              Equality
              7
              The Windwalker taking an involuntary, full emersion dip in the Andorayan Sea.
              Surrender to the will of the night
              8
              Men of action are the involuntary slaves of the men of reason.
              The book of disquiet
              9
              The insult was so involuntary and definitely personal as to be unforgettable.
              The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories
              10
              Thomas took an involuntary step backward, horrified by what Ben had said.
              The Maze Runner
              11
              There was something involuntary, even feral, about the way she held herself.
              Lowboy
              12
              Floote made an involuntary movement from his statuelike state near the door.
              Soulless
              13
              It has control over the involuntary processes, such as growth, nutrition, etc.
              The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath
              14
              Link saw the purely involuntary gesture, and he shook in his boots.
              His Dog
              15
              If necessary, that program will be followed by involuntary layoffs, he added.
              Reuters
              16
              His involuntary reaction had revealed a fact he'd meant to keep hidden.
              Mass Effect: Revelation
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