unvoiced

[ uhn-voist ]
See synonyms for unvoiced on Thesaurus.com
adjective
  1. not voiced; not uttered: unvoiced complaints.

  2. Phonetics. voiceless; without voice; surd: unvoiced consonants.

Origin of unvoiced

1
First recorded in 1855–60; un-1 + voiced

Words Nearby unvoiced

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use unvoiced in a sentence

  • Joyce understood the unvoiced demand that lay behind the obvious one.

    The Highgrader | William MacLeod Raine
  • They take their station before the curtain with an unvoiced longing, with a multifarious capacity.

    The Bride of Messina | Friedrich Schiller
  • The unvoiced hate-filled screams of Pyrrus would instantly destroy any mind that received them.

    Deathworld | Harry Harrison
  • Rare indeed is the mother of the last generation who has the power and the knowledge to meet the unvoiced demands of this.

    Radiant Motherhood | Marie Carmichael Stopes
  • Yet underneath her raillery and self-possession there lay an appeal, the stronger because subtle and unvoiced.

    Desert Dust | Edwin L. Sabin

British Dictionary definitions for unvoiced

unvoiced

/ (ʌnˈvɔɪst) /


adjective
  1. not expressed or spoken

  2. articulated without vibration of the vocal cords; voiceless

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012