wordless
Americanadjective
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speechless, silent, or mute.
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not put into words; unexpressed.
adjective
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inarticulate or silent
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music of or relating to vocal music that is not provided with an articulated text
a wordless chorus
Other Word Forms
- wordlessly adverb
- wordlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of wordless
Example Sentences
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The most striking departures are the handful of wordless sequences of Hujar and Rosenkrantz posing in the manner of a fashion shoot, scored to snippets of Mozart’s Requiem.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
“As an actor, you really appreciate when a director is searching for the wordless expressions and the subtleties,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
Its beat is a mix of drum machines, sequenced electronics and an acoustic kit, as tricky cymbal flourishes and field recordings of wordless voices echo somewhere in the background.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
It includes a wordless soprano in tribute to Nellie Melba, the Australian soprano.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
A hurtful silence would fill the room, and Laila could almost see the wordless hostility radiating from Mariam like waves of heat rising from asphalt.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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