Definitions
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- adjective Not
forceful .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking force; feeble
Etymologies
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Examples
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A man of flabby muscles and gentle voice; seemingly unforceful, and with a personality likable, but hardly dominating.
Tarrano the Conqueror Ray Cummings 1922
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The milk of human kindness -- humanity -- a radiating force the essence of which paradoxically was the unforceful gentleness of him.
Tarrano the Conqueror Ray Cummings 1922
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In a neat, unforceful way he would have been handsome, had it not been for a badly healed scar which ran straight across his forehead, only just escaping his eyes.
The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel Coningsby Dawson 1921
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The sensation of a blow, a light, unforceful blow was still tingling through her nerves.
The Forfeit Ridgwell Cullum 1905
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His grip was soft, unforceful – the grip of someone who didn’t care whether or not you liked the impression he was making.
Temptation Douglas Kennedy 2006
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His grip was soft, unforceful – the grip of someone who didn’t care whether or not you liked the impression he was making.
Temptation Douglas Kennedy 2006
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