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unstressed
un·stressed U0119100 (ŭn-strĕst′)adj.1. Linguistics Not stressed or accented: an unstressed syllable.2. Not exposed or subjected to stress.unstressed (ʌnˈstrɛst) adj1. carrying relatively little stress; unemphasized2. (Phonetics & Phonology) phonetics of, relating to, or denoting the weakest accent in a word or breath group, which in some languages, such as English or German, is also associated with a reduction in vowel quality to a centralized (i) or (a)3. (Poetry) prosody (of a syllable in verse) having no stress or accentun•stressed (ʌnˈstrɛst) adj. 1. without stress or emphasis, as a syllable in a word. 2. not receiving or subjected to stress. [1880–85] ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | unstressed - not bearing a stress or accent; "short vowels are unstressed"accented, stressed - bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'" | Translationsunstressed Related to unstressed: distressedAntonyms for unstressedadj not bearing a stress or accentAntonyms |