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unstressed

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un⋅stressed

  [uhn-strest]
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–adjective
1. without stress or emphasis, as a syllable in a word.
2. not receiving or subjected to stress, wear, etc.: the unstressed parts of a car body.
Origin:
1880–85; un- 1 + stress + -ed 2
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un·stressed   (ŭn-strěst')   
adj.  

  1. Linguistics Not stressed or accented: an unstressed syllable.

  2. Not exposed or subjected to stress.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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