unaccented

[ uhn-ak-sen-tid, uhn-ak-sen- ]

adjective

Origin of unaccented

First recorded in 1590–1600; un-¹ + accent + -ed²

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He is self-aware enough to make them comfortable with his self-deprecating humor and unaccented English.
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But the shock of hearing someone who looks like Grout sing in unaccented Arabic soon dissipated and the crowd fell deadly silent.
Boston Irish Girl Jennifer Grout Is The Unexpected Star Of ‘Arabs Got Talent’ | Michael Pizzi | December 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Not helping matters: the fact that everyone speaks in unaccented American English.
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It is curious that the close o is heard only in the infrequent diphthong óu, or as an obscured, unaccented final.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
In the present case, both this and is are unaccented, which is much harsher than when this bears an accent.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey Chaucer

In “Hiawatha” the accented syllable comes first, and the unaccented follows it.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
A foot is a group of syllables composed of one accented syllable combined with one or more unaccented.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
The marked verses have an accented syllable preceded by an unaccented syllable.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

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