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Forced

of Force

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Affected 84% connected

of Affect

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Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Affected 84% connected

of Affect

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Involuntary 84% connected

Not having will or the power of choice.

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Involuntary 84% connected

Not having will or the power of choice.

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Unnatural 84% connected

Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes.

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Unnatural 84% connected

Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes.

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Unvoluntary 84% connected

Involuntary.

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Unvoluntary 84% connected

Involuntary.

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Participle of 1

Push 66% connected

A pustule; a pimple.

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Open English WordNet records this adjective as a participial form related to the verb.

Synonym 2

Constrained 92% connected

of Constrain

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Strained 92% connected

of Strain

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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