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involuntary
UK
/ɪnˈvɒl.ən.tər.i/
US
/ɪnˈvɑːl.ən.tɛr.i/
more involuntary
Comp.
most involuntary
Super.
UK
/ɪnˈvɒl.ən.tər.i/
US
/ɪnˈvɑːl.ən.tɛr.i/
Translations
Her involuntary smile revealed her true feelings.
Ее невольная улыбка выдала ее истинные чувства.
He gave an involuntary shiver when he heard the noise.
Он непроизвольно вздрогнул, когда услышал шум.
Definitions
Her involuntary gasp was heard by everyone in the room.
He was subjected to involuntary servitude during the war.
involuntaries
pl
UK
/ɪnˈvɒl.ən.tər.i/
US
/ɪnˈvɑːl.ən.ter.i/
Rare, chiefly in legal/medical contexts to denote a person who is compelled to act or is committed without consent.
Definitions
The psychiatric unit admitted three voluntaries and two involuntaries over the weekend.