unvolitional

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ volitional.

Adjective

unvolitional (comparative more unvolitional, superlative most unvolitional)

  1. Not volitional; not intentional.
    • 1884, Henry Edward Krehbiel, chapter 3, in Notes on the Cultivation of Choral Music and the Oratorio Society of New York, New York: Edward Schuberth, page 30:
      The sigh and moan that speak of sorrow; the ringing shout that publishes joy—these must have been as unvolitional in primitive man as they are in us.
    • 1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 32, in Earthly Powers, Penguin, published 1981, page 207:
      [] Tom’s cough was revealed as clearly unvolitional []

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