Dictionary Definition
unstressed adj : not bearing a stress or accent;
"short vowels are unstressed" [syn: unaccented] [ant: stressed]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
unstressed- In the context of "of a vowel": not stressed or accentuated
- not subject to stress
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accented, alveolar, apical, apico-alveolar,
apico-dental, articulated, assimilated, back, barytone, bilabial, broad, cacuminal, central, cerebral, checked, close, consonant, consonantal, continuant, dental, dissimilated, dorsal, flat, front, glide, glossal, glottal, guttural, hard, heavy, high, intonated, labial, labiodental, labiovelar, lateral, lax, light, lingual, liquid, low, mid, monophthongal, muted, narrow, nasal, nasalized, occlusive, open, oxytone, palatal, palatalized, pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phonemic, phonetic, phonic, pitch, pitched, posttonic, retroflex, rounded, semivowel, soft, sonant, stopped, stressed, strong, surd, syllabic, tense, thick, throaty, tonal, tonic, twangy, unaccented, unrounded, velar, vocalic, vocoid, voiced, voiceless, vowel, vowellike, weak, wide