Get to know Involuntary better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like unconscious or unwilling.
Involuntary in a sentence
Involuntary meaning
- Without intention; unintentional.
- Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.
Synonyms of Involuntary
Using Involuntary
- The main meaning on this page is: Without intention; unintentional. | Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.
- Useful related words include: unconscious, unwilling, voluntary, autonomic.
- In the example corpus, involuntary often appears in combinations such as: involuntary manslaughter, of involuntary, for involuntary.
Context around Involuntary
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Involuntary
- In this selection, "involuntary" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, limited, permit, facing, manslaughter, treatment and commitment stand out and add context to how "involuntary" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include charge of involuntary manslaughter in and allegations of involuntary manslaughter of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "involuntary" sits close to words such as alicia, allotted and apocalyptic, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with involuntary
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Alec Baldwin is facing involuntary manslaughter charges. (7 words)
Doesn't the 'in' in 'incel' stand for involuntary? (9 words)
Baldwin and the film’s armorer face involuntary manslaughter charges. (10 words)
Blessing was earlier arrested on allegations of cyber bullying by the family of late wife of Ikechukwu Ogbonna (IVD) who had been remanded in Kirikiri correctional center over allegations of involuntary manslaughter of his wife Bimbo Martins. (37 words)
Case in point: the discourse around Meghan Trainor’s recent revelation that can make any vaginal penetration painful or impossible as a result of involuntary vaginal muscle spasms that effectively close the vagina. (33 words)
American actor Alec Baldwin faces involuntary manslaughter charges carrying prison time for the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during the 2021 filming of Western “Rust” in New Mexico. (29 words)
Doesn't the 'in' in 'incel' stand for involuntary? (9 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ronald Reagan signed in 1967, established strict criteria to determine who was eligible for involuntary treatment as well as specific timeframes that limited involuntary holds.
All modern societies permit involuntary treatment or involuntary commitment of mental patients.
Involuntary hospitalization main Critics see the use of legally sanctioned force in involuntary commitment as a violation of the fundamental principles of free or open societies.
Alec Baldwin is facing involuntary manslaughter charges.
American actor Alec Baldwin faces involuntary manslaughter charges carrying prison time for the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during the 2021 filming of Western “Rust” in New Mexico.
Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will plead not guilty to involuntary manslaughter, her lawyer has said.
As such, his outbursts are a combination of a political strategy and involuntary tantrum throwing.
Baldwin and the film’s armorer face involuntary manslaughter charges.
Baldwin is also facing a charge of involuntary manslaughter in Santa Fe, N.M. He is due to appear in court remotely to answer that charge on February 24.
Baldwin, who acts in the film and is a producer, faces a recently reduced criminal charge of involuntary manslaughter in New Mexico.
Because Taylor did not qualify for involuntary commitment to a mental health institution, he was simply released from prison.
Blessing was earlier arrested on allegations of cyber bullying by the family of late wife of Ikechukwu Ogbonna (IVD) who had been remanded in Kirikiri correctional center over allegations of involuntary manslaughter of his wife Bimbo Martins.
Case in point: the discourse around Meghan Trainor’s recent revelation that can make any vaginal penetration painful or impossible as a result of involuntary vaginal muscle spasms that effectively close the vagina.
Charges of involuntary manslaughter were brought against him and the film's armourer Hannah Gutierrez Reed by the Santa Fe District Attorney's office last month.
Colorado became the first state in recent years to revise its constitution in 2018 to ban slavery and involuntary servitude, followed by Utah and Nebraska in 2020.
Doesn't the 'in' in 'incel' stand for involuntary?
Estimates about the rate of service resistance, and need for involuntary treatment, have not factored much into projections about the size of the jail population “appropriate” for diversion.
Giuterrez Reed was charged with involuntary manslaughter, while Halls already agreed to plead guilty to negligent use of a deadly weapon.
Halyna Hutchins' family say they support Alec Baldwin being charged with involuntary manslaughter.
He had no criminal record, though the authorities had held him for an involuntary, 72-hour psychiatric evaluation in 2017, when he was 15, the sheriff said.
Common combinations with involuntary
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- involuntary manslaughter 91×
- of involuntary 45×
- for involuntary 18×
- and involuntary 16×
- an involuntary 14×
- to involuntary 11×
- with involuntary 10×
- involuntary commitment 7×
- involuntary treatment 6×
- or involuntary 6×