voiceless
/ˈvɔɪsləs/
adjective
- Not having a voice; unable to speak or express oneself.
- In many parts of the world, voiceless minorities struggle to be heard.
- The disease left him voiceless for several weeks.
- She felt voiceless in the meeting, as no one would let her finish a sentence.
- In phonetics, describing a sound made without vibration of the vocal cords, such as /p/, /t/, /k/, /s/, /f/.
- English has both voiced and voiceless consonants.
- Linguists study the difference between voiceless and voiced pairs like 's' and 'z'.
- The 'p' in 'pat' is a voiceless sound.
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