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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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Origin of unstressed

First recorded in 1880–85; un-1 + stress + -ed2

Words nearby unstressed

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

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

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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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