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forced  (fôrst, frst)
adj.
1. Imposed by force; involuntary: was condemned to a life of forced labor; a plane that made a forced landing.
2. Produced under strain; not spontaneous: forced laughter.

forced
Adjective
1. done because of force: forced labour
2. false or unnatural: forced jollity
3. due to an emergency: a forced landing
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Adj.1.forced - produced by or subjected to forcing; "forced-air heating"; "furnaces of the forced-convection type"; "forced convection in plasma generators"
2.forced - forced or compelled; "promised to abolish forced labor"
involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary - 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
3.forcedforced - made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing"
unscheduled - not scheduled or not on a regular schedule; "an unscheduled meeting"; "the plane made an unscheduled stop at Gander for refueling"
4.forced - lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile"
affected, unnatural - speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

forced
adjective 2. false, affected, strained, wooden, stiff, artificial, contrived, unnatural, insincere, laboured << OPPOSITE natural
Translations
Spanish forced [fɔːst] adj [smile] → forzado; [landing] → forzoso
French forced [fɔːst] force adjforcé(e)
German forced [fɔːst] force adjgezwungen;
forced labour → Zwangsarbeit f;
forced landing → Notlandung f

Italian forced [fɔːst] adjforzato/a

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The steamer was forced to proceed slowly, and the captain estimated that she would reach Hong Kong twenty hours behind time, and more if the storm lasted.
Our goods were no sooner landed than we were surrounded with a crowd of officers, all gaping for presents; we were forced to gratify their avarice by opening our bales, and distributing among them some pieces of calico.
There was once a little girl who was very pretty and delicate, but in summer she was forced to run about with bare feet, she was so poor, and in winter wear very large wooden shoes, which made her little insteps quite red, and that looked so dangerous!
 
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