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forced

adjective

lacking spontaneity; not natural

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
F
Ends with
D
Contains
OR
Scrabble score
12
CEFR level
B1

How it sounds

Pronunciation

fɔɹst

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. lacking spontaneity; not natural

    “a constrained smile”

adjective

  1. made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency

    “a forced landing”

adjective

  1. forced or compelled

    “promised to abolish forced labor”

adjective

  1. produced by or subjected to forcing

    “forced-air heating”

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Example Sentences

a constrained smile
forced heartiness
a strained smile
a forced landing
promised to abolish forced labor
forced-air heating
furnaces of the forced-convection type
forced convection in plasma generators

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