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voiceless

[ vois-lis ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

having no voice; mute.
uttering no words; silent.
having an unmusical voice.
unspoken; unuttered:
voiceless sympathy.
having no vote or right of choice.
Phonetics. (of a speech sound)
1. without voice; unvoiced; surd; aphonic ( voiced ):
  “p,” “f,” and “s” are voiceless.
2. uttered without phonation.

voiceless

/ ˈvɔɪslɪs /

without a voice; mute
not articulated
voiceless misery
lacking a musical voice
silent
without the power or right to express an opinion
phonetics articulated without accompanying vibration of the vocal cords
in English (p) is a voiceless consonant

First recorded in 1525–35; voice + -less

They were gathered there, Black said, to be a "voice for the voiceless."

He wanted to give a voice to the voiceless, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.

And overwhelmingly, the communities who suffer the most are those who are the most vulnerable and voiceless.

Human-rights movements have traditionally existed to help the voiceless and those without agency gain progressively more rights.

Is giving voice to the voiceless worth less than other work?

The trader seemed to be paralyzed, for he had remained voiceless during the stirring events.

It was these voiceless spectres of a voice long dead that stirred the transparent silence, intoning toneless tones.

The grass still made a carpet over its roots, inviting me to sprawl at full length and renew our voiceless communion.

When Bruce saw this damnable thing he understood, and he shook with horror and voiceless rage.

Hitherto they had been voiceless, wordless, needing all their breath for their hard-labouring efforts to break down the gates.

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