unwilled

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It is an unwilled loss of distinction between the simulation and that which is being simulated, including the adventures and quests of WoW.

From Forbes • Nov. 28, 2014

It is a powerful and unwilled form of identification, a Houdini-like vanishing act that allows Bolaño to merge with his scariest and most repellent creations as much as with his likable ones.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2014

It may be unwilled and unintended but it is inexorable.

From Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster by Prince, Samuel Henry

In early infancy activity is entirely purposeless and unwilled, merely the instinctive movement of every part of the body.

From The Unfolding Life A Study of Development with Reference to Religious Training by Lamoreaux, Antoinette Abernethy

"Age cannot wither, nor custom stale—" To his instinctive, unwilled fancy, she was Cleopatra.

From Aaron's Rod by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)