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voiceless

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voice⋅less

  [vois-lis]
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–adjective
1. having no voice; mute.
2. uttering no words; silent.
3. having an unmusical voice.
4. unspoken; unuttered: voiceless sympathy.
5. having no vote or right of choice.
6. Phonetics. (of a speech sound)
a. without voice; unvoiced; surd; aphonic (contrasted with voiced ): “p,” “f,” and “s” are voiceless.
b. uttered without phonation.
Origin:
1525–35; voice + -less

Related forms:
voice⋅less⋅ly, adverb
voice⋅less⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. See dumb.
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voice·less   (vois'lĭs)   
adj.  

  1. Having no voice; mute.

  2. Linguistics Uttered without vibration of the vocal cords, as the sounds (t) and (p).

voice'less·ly adv., voice'less·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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