unpronounced
- a word derived from pronounced.
Example Sentences
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The lawlessness of pop was fun and unpronounced.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2015
Later Sumerian cuneiform did become capable of rendering prose, but it did so by the messy system that I’ve already described, with mixtures of logograms, phonetic signs, and unpronounced determinatives totaling hundreds of separate signs.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
It must be somebody, I hope ’tis—” Leaving the name unpronounced, the girl glided back into the kitchen; and, crossing it with quick step, stood once more within the doorway.
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
The piers are very massive and semicircular in plan; the foliage at their heads underneath the vaulting is so delicate and unpronounced that it scarcely counts as capitals.
From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.
If the sky turquoise was a shade or two paler than the prescribed robin's-egg, it blended perfectly with the unpronounced greens of the sprouting grass and the uncertain olive of the budding sagebrush.
From The Song of the Wolf by Mayer, Frank
