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UNSTRESSED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unstressed mean?
• UNSTRESSED (adjective)
The adjective UNSTRESSED has 1 sense:
1. not bearing a stress or accent
Familiarity information: UNSTRESSED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not bearing a stress or accent
Context example:
short vowels are unstressed
Similar:
feminine ((music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable)
light; unaccented; weak ((used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress)
unemphatic (not emphasized)
Antonym:
stressed (bearing a stress or accent)
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