adjective
- enforced or compulsory: forced labor.
- strained, unnatural, or affected: a forced smile.
- subjected to force.
- required by circumstances; emergency: a forced landing of an airplane.
adjective
- not forced or having been forcedunforced errors
adjective
- done because of force; compulsoryforced labour
- false or unnaturala forced smile
- due to an emergency or necessitya forced landing
- physics caused by an external agencya forced vibration; a forced draught
adj.“not spontaneous or voluntary,” 1570s, past participle adjective from force (v.). The flier’s forced landing attested by 1917.