Forced
Forced adjective - Not made or done willingly or by choice.
Usage example: participation in the program was forced
Knowing
Knowing adjective - Made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing.
Usage example: after giving knowing offense to people of Italian ancestry, he gave the lame excuse that it had all been a joke
Both words in one sentence
- Lymond is forced in a game of Human Chess to choose between two small children, one of whom is his own son and one who is the villain's son, without knowing which is which.
Source: Sadistic Choice / Literature -
Perhaps they were forced to Abandon Ship and have no way of knowing where they washed ashore.
Source: Not So Remote -
Also, that one prostitute doing a forced striptease not even knowing she's being watched.
Source: Film / Django
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