unvoiced meaning

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unvoiced (adjective): produced without vibration of the vocal cords.

unvoiced has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

unvoiced as an adjective

  1. produced without vibration of the vocal cords
    • unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'

    Synonyms: voiceless, surd, hard

    Opposite: voiced

    Similar: whispered

  2. not made explicit
    • the unexpressed terms of the agreement
    • things left unsaid
    • some kind of unspoken agreement
    • his action is clear but his reason remains unstated

    Synonyms: unexpressed, unsaid, unstated, unuttered, unverbalized, unverbalised, unspoken

    Similar: implicit

Word lists: words starting with UN · words ending in ED · 8-letter words

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