unstressed
/ʌnˈstrɛst/
adjective
- Not affected by stress or anxiety; relaxed.
- The yoga class left everyone feeling calm and unstressed.
- After the vacation, she felt completely unstressed and ready to work.
- He maintained an unstressed attitude even during the final exam.
- In linguistics, spoken without emphasis or accent; not stressed.
- Unstressed vowels in English often sound like a schwa.
- Poets sometimes use unstressed syllables to create a rhythm.
- In the word 'banana', the first and last syllables are unstressed.