unstressed
[ uhn-strest ]
/ ʌnˈstrɛst /
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Words nearby unstressed
unstpd., unstrained, unstrap, unstratified, unstreamed, unstressed, unstriated, unstring, unstriped, unstructured, unstrung
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unstressed
/ (ʌnˈstrɛst) /
adjective
carrying relatively little stress; unemphasized
phonetics of, relating to, or denoting the weakest accent in a word or breath group, which in some languages, such as English or German, is also associated with a reduction in vowel quality to a centralized (i) or (a)
prosody (of a syllable in verse) having no stress or accent
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