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voiceless - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'voiceless' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Voiceless [ a.]
- Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb.
- Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd.

Meaning of 'voiceless' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . voiceless [ a]
Meaning (1):
- deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
Example in sentence:
  • disenfrenchised masses took to the streets;
  • labor was voiceless
Meaning (2):
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
Example in sentence:
  • unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'
3 . voiceless [ s]
Meaning (3):
- uttered without voice
Example in sentence:
  • could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me';
  • voiceless whispers

Nearby Words:

voice voiced voiceful voicing void voidable voidance voided voider voiding

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