unstressed
IPA: ʌnstrˈɛst
adjective
- (of a vowel) not stressed or accentuated
- not subject to stress
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Examples of "unstressed" in Sentences
- Often the final syllable is unstressed.
- The unstressed syllable will be shorter.
- Reduction and loss of unstressed vowels.
- The sound in question is or or unstressed .
- A vowel in an unstressed syllable is a schwa.
- As a rule, the possessive prefixes are unstressed.
- He describes as varying as in unstressed syllables, and unstressed as.
- Prefixes are unstressed, while suffixes may be stressed or unstressed.
- The fixation of the stress led to sound changes in unstressed syllables.
- The accent for an unstressed syllable is a U above the unstressed syllable.