Involuntary Definition

ĭn-vŏlən-tĕrē
adjective
Acting or done without or against one's will.
An involuntary participant in what turned out to be an argument.
American Heritage Medicine
Not voluntary.
Webster's New World
Not subject to control of the volition.
Gave an involuntary start.
American Heritage Medicine
Performed against one’s will.
Webster's New World Law

Without intention; unintentional.

He involuntarily overheard the conversation.
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Origin of Involuntary

  • From in- +‎ voluntary, from Late Latin involontarius, from in + volontarius.

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Involuntary Sentence Examples

  • Lisa put shaking fingers to her mouth to silence an involuntary cry.

  • She took an involuntary step back into the hall.

  • According to him, then, attention, even involuntary attention, requires inner will; and all the functions imputed by Hume to association, as well as those imputed to understanding by Kant, require apperception, and therefore inner will.

  • The door is left wide open for involuntary euthanasia.

  • Common features include dystonia (an abnormality in muscle tone ), muscular rigidity, and sudden involuntary muscle spasms (spasticity ).

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