1 happening or done against sb's WILL (= without the person concerned wanting it):
forced relocation to a job in another city * a forced sale of his property
2 not sincere; not the result of genuine emotions:
She said she was enjoying herself but her smile was forced.
seealsoUNFORCED
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for forced is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is forced a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, forced is tagged as adjective.
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