nonvoluntary

(ˌnɒnˈvɒləntərɪ)

adj

a US equivalent of involuntary

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Adj.

nonvoluntary - not subject to the control of the will; "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy

involuntary, unvoluntary

unconscious - not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor"

unwilling - not disposed or inclined toward; "an unwilling assistant"; "unwilling to face facts"

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Interviewees generally understood the content of the survey, though findings from the interviews suggested the need for small wording changes, a set of items to discern nonvoluntary disenrollees (who were not the target of the survey) from voluntary disenrollees, and the need to make multiple references to the name of the plan from which the beneficiary disenrolled so that respondents were not confused about the referent plan.

Psychometric evaluation of the Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plan disenrollment reasons survey

Frankfurt goes on to explain that the most important form of caring is love, a nonvoluntary, disinterested concern for the flourishing of what is loved, says a review on the Princeton University Press website.

What We Are Reading Today: The Reasons of Love by Harry Frankfurt

In the future as the modules are more freely available, residency program directors can be surveyed regarding adoption of modules in a nonvoluntary setting.

Teaching Genomic Pathology: Translating Team-Based Learning to a Virtual Environment Using Computer-Based Simulation

By referring to the theory of conservation of resources, in this paper we have partially revealed the transformation of nonvoluntary CB into implicit CWB, thereby contributing new knowledge to the research in this domain.

COMPULSORY CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR AND EMPLOYEE SILENCE: THE ROLES OF EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION AND ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION

TAXATION IS THEFT, and nonvoluntary government institutions are not simply misguided--they're absolute violations of the NAP.

PROPOSITION: Be an Anarchist, Not a Minarchist

This subtracts out the nonvoluntary component of the return rate and focuses solely on the discretionary reciprocity voluntarily displayed by the trustee (i.e., the return rate given above the mandatory minimum).

TRUST, RECIPROCITY, AND RULES

Recent studies using other modalities of nonvoluntary exercise training, as Rota-rod and swimming, have also shown beneficial effects on dystrophic muscle.

Low Intensity Training Provokes Adaptations on Muscle Fibrosis of a Muscular Dystrophy Model/ El Entrenamiento de Baja Intensidad Provoca Adaptaciones en la Fibrosis Muscular de un Modelo de Distrofia Muscular

Lebanese politicians therefore prefer to speak of "safe return." Some human rights groups fear this aims to clear a path for the nonvoluntary return of refugees to ostensibly "safe" areas of Syria.

Syrian refugees in limbo in Lebanon

"Is There a Logical Slippery Slope from Voluntary to Nonvoluntary Euthanasia?" Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 21 (4): 379-404.

Bright lines or blurred lines? Universal background checks and the NRA slippery slope argument

My study addressed the nonvoluntary reduction of pesticide use by assessing grower decision-making in a regulation-forcing context and by prompting growers about land considerations.

Land access and costs may drive strawberry growers' increased use of fumigation

This nonvoluntary movement was previously reported as the "no-no" type bobble-head doll sign, which has been recognized as voluntary rhythmic head waving in an attempt to release the cerebrospinal fluid obstruction caused by the posterior fossa cyst [7].

An Acquired Form of Dandy-Walker Malformation with Enveloping Hemosiderin Deposits