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View synonyms 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of unstressed1
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Example Sentences
Initial h before unstressed vowels is only pronounced when preceded by a pause.
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Began: notice the quality of the vowel in the first, unstressed syllable of this word.
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You use more force for the stressed than for the unstressed vowels, that is to say, you put more breath into them.
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The monotony of a series of stressed or of unstressed sounds would be unbearable.
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Here the assonance is -er (final unstressed -er in standard present-day English represents vocalic r).
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