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UNSTRESSED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Not bearing a stress or accent

Example:

short vowels are unstressed

Classified under:

Adjectives

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)

 II. (verb) 

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Past simple / past participle of the verb unstress

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