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 →

2) (sport) An unforced error is a mistake a player makes on their own, not because the opponent made it hard. tree →

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 →
• The tennis player made ten unforced errors. tree →
• That goal came from an unforced mistake by the defender. tree →
• Their friendship was easy and unforced. tree →
• He gave an unforced apology without being asked. tree →
• Too many unforced errors lost us the match. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unforced» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.