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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are not compelled" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing situations where someone is not forced or obligated to do something.
Example: "Employees are not compelled to work overtime if they do not wish to."
Alternatives: "are not required" or "are not obligated."
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"We are not compelled to assist under a coaching contract.
Also, taxpayers are not compelled to support a party they dislike.
But committee members are not compelled to ask about the political affiliations of potential employers.
Half the world does not really care about Olympic football and clubs are not compelled by Fifa to release players.
And, because the actors are not compelled to say what they're saying, we lose interest in them saying it.
Artists are duty bound to create the work that they imagine; unfortunately, however, readers are not compelled to read them.
Unlike Israeli Jews, Israel Arabs are not compelled to serve in the army, but they may volunteer.
They are not compelled by a need to grow market share and induce people to have abortions they don't need.
Players will be able to ground their clubs in the sand, take practice swings in it and are not compelled to rake the sand afterward either.
The designer Scott Sternberg is smart to grasp that world travelers are not compelled to dress for the weather on the Brooklyn streets.
Softshells are not compelled to breathe through their gills; they have a perfectly adequate pair of lungs to do the job.
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