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unaccented

[ uhn-ak-sen-tid, uhn-ak-sen- ]

adjective

  1. not accented; unstressed.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of unaccented1

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- 1 + accent + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

He is self-aware enough to make them comfortable with his self-deprecating humor and unaccented English.

But the shock of hearing someone who looks like Grout sing in unaccented Arabic soon dissipated and the crowd fell deadly silent.

Not helping matters: the fact that everyone speaks in unaccented American English.

It is curious that the close o is heard only in the infrequent diphthong óu, or as an obscured, unaccented final.

In the present case, both this and is are unaccented, which is much harsher than when this bears an accent.

In “Hiawatha” the accented syllable comes first, and the unaccented follows it.

A foot is a group of syllables composed of one accented syllable combined with one or more unaccented.

The marked verses have an accented syllable preceded by an unaccented syllable.

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