DEFINITIONS

unstressed

[ uhn-strest ]
/ ʌnˈstrɛst /
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adjective

without stress or emphasis, as a syllable in a word.
not receiving or subjected to stress, wear, etc.: the unstressed parts of a car body.

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Words related to unstressed

poor, quiet, dull, thin, small, feeble, low, dim, distant, gentle, imperceptible, inaudible, indistinct, muffled, pale, slight, whispered, bated, reedy, stifled

Words nearby unstressed

unstpd., unstrained, unstrap, unstratified, unstreamed, unstressed, unstriated, unstring, unstriped, unstructured, unstrung

Origin of unstressed

First recorded in 1880–85; un-1 + stress + -ed2
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British Dictionary definitions for unstressed

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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