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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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Examples for "nonvoluntary"
Examples for "nonvoluntary"
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Which fatigues you more, to give attention of the nonvoluntary type, or the voluntary?
The Mind and Its Education
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She gave an unvoluntary glance around as if seeking some way of escape.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908
Usage of involuntary in English
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Companies generally have around 20 days to reply to an involuntary petition.
Reuters
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However, his road to a thoroughly involuntary retirement was dogged by controversy.
The South African
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The nature of the manslaughter in the case was involuntary, he submitted.
The Irish Times
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It is easy to confuse the debates regarding voluntary and involuntary migration.
The Irish Times
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Those were onsets of involuntary contemplation; sudden partings of the conceptual veil.
Practical Mysticism: A Little Book for Normal People
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You must pardon my involuntary indiscretion in proposing to turn in here.
Equality
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The Windwalker taking an involuntary, full emersion dip in the Andorayan Sea.
Surrender to the will of the night
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Men of action are the involuntary slaves of the men of reason.
The book of disquiet
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The insult was so involuntary and definitely personal as to be unforgettable.
The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories
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Thomas took an involuntary step backward, horrified by what Ben had said.
The Maze Runner
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There was something involuntary, even feral, about the way she held herself.
Lowboy
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Floote made an involuntary movement from his statuelike state near the door.
Soulless
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It has control over the involuntary processes, such as growth, nutrition, etc.
The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath
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Link saw the purely involuntary gesture, and he shook in his boots.
His Dog
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If necessary, that program will be followed by involuntary layoffs, he added.
Reuters
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His involuntary reaction had revealed a fact he'd meant to keep hidden.
Mass Effect: Revelation
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