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UNSTRESSED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not bearing a stress or accent
Example:
short vowels are unstressed
Classified under:
Similar:
feminine ((music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable)
light; unaccented; weak ((used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress)
unemphatic (not emphasized)
Antonym:
stressed (bearing a stress or accent)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb unstress
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