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voiceless

Syllabification: (voice·less)
Pronunciation: /ˈvoislis/
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Definition of voiceless

adjective

  • mute; speechless:how could he have remained voiceless in the face of her cruelty?
  • not expressed:the air was charged with voiceless currents of thought
  • (of a person or group) lacking the power or right to express an opinion or exert control over affairs.
  • Phonetics (of a speech sound) uttered without resonance of the vocal cords, e.g., f as opposed to v, p as opposed to b, and s as opposed to z.

Derivatives

voicelessly

adverb

voicelessness

noun

voiceless in other Oxford dictionaries

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