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# unforced

«unforced» in Mova's school dictionary: **done naturally and easily, not with effort or pretending** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Unforced means done naturally and easily, not with effort or pretending. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unforced/#m1)

2) (sport) An unforced error is a mistake a player makes on their own, not because the opponent made it hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unforced/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In sports, especially tennis, «unforced error» is a common phrase in commentary and statistics. In stories, an «unforced smile» or «unforced laugh» is natural and real. In everyday life it means freely done.

### examples

- Her smile was warm and unforced. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unforced/#x1)
- The tennis player made ten unforced errors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unforced/#x2)
- That goal came from an unforced mistake by the defender. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unforced/#x3)
- Their friendship was easy and unforced. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unforced/#x4)
- He gave an unforced apology without being asked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unforced/#x5)
- Too many unforced errors lost us the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unforced/#x6)

### note

Opposite: forced (a forced smile looks fake). In tennis statistics, unforced errors are counted; fewer is better.

### In the corpora

- ["An unforced error" (jargon, from tennis) means a mistake one made all by oneself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/34-failure-and-mistakes/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unforced» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unforced/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.