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  1. not done by choice, or not done as a result of someone's decision or intention: Involuntary unemployment means that you suffer a total loss of salary as the result of the loss of employment. The number of involuntary part-timers - people who couldn't get more hours or find a full-time job - is increasing.

  2. The meaning of INVOLUNTARY is done contrary to or without choice. How to use involuntary in a sentence.

  3. INVOLUNTARY meaning: 1. not done by choice; done unwillingly, or without the decision or intention of the person…. Learn more.

  4. Involuntary definition: not voluntary; independent of one's will; not by one's own choice. See examples of INVOLUNTARY used in a sentence.

  5. INVOLUNTARY definition: An involuntary movement or action is something you do but cannot control: . Learn more.

  6. an involuntary movement, etc. is made suddenly, without you intending it or being able to control it. an involuntary cry of pain; opposite voluntary

  7. Involuntary describes a reflex or action done without conscious control or will — like a blink, a sneeze, a yawn, or “the giggles.” If you volunteered to do it, it’s voluntary. If you didn’t volunteer, but you find yourself doing it anyway, it’s involuntary.

  8. If you make an involuntary movement or exclamation, you make it suddenly and without intending to.

  9. involuntary meaning, definition, what is involuntary: an involuntary movement, sound, reaction...: Learn more.

  10. involuntary / ɪnˈvɒləntərɪ-trɪ / adj carried out without one's conscious wishes; not voluntary; unintentional (esp of a movement or muscle) performed or acting without conscious control