Unvoiced

Word UNVOICED
Character 8
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˌʌnˈvɔɪst/

Definitions and meanings of "Unvoiced"

What do we mean by unvoiced?

Not expressed or uttered. adjective

Voiceless. adjective

Not spoken; unuttered; not articulated or pronounced.

In phonetics, not uttered with voice as distinct from breath; unintonated; surd.

Not spoken or expressed. adjective

Spoken without vibration of the vocal chords. adjective

Not made explicit adjective

Produced without vibration of the vocal cords adjective

Not spoken or expressed.

Spoken without vibration of the vocal chords.

(of a signal) That does not contain voice.

Of an IRC user: not granted voice privileges.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Unvoiced

The word "unvoiced" in example sentences

In tracing the characteristic phenomenon of life from simple beginnings in that vast region which may be called unvoiced, as exemplified in the world of plants, to its highest expression in the animal kingdom, one is repeatedly struck by the one dominant fact that in order to maintain an organism at the height of its efficiency something more than a mechanical perfection of its structure is necessary. ❋ Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose (N/A)

Over at Bell Labs, "shh" is called unvoiced fricatives, or "unvoiced hiss energy," pulmonary turbulence modulated by tongue, teeth and lips. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"In tracing the characteristic phenomena of life from simple beginnings in that vast region which may be called unvoiced, as exemplified in the world of plants, to its highest expression in the animal kingdom, one is repeatedly struck by the one dominant fact that in order to maintain an organism at the height of its efficiency something more than a mechanical perfection of its structure is necessary. ❋ Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose (N/A)

These "unvoiced" sounds seem less popular with listeners ( ❋ Unknown (2010)

The sound we represent by 'p' and the sound 'b' differ only in that one is voiced and one is unvoiced. ❋ Nissa_amas_katoj (2009)

As if in response to his unvoiced thoughts, the lights in the foyer and corridor promptly extinguished, to be replaced seconds later by smaller, dimmer substitute emergency illumination. ❋ Dayton Ward (2011)

But what she left unvoiced was her prime reason—Fionn would obey her. ❋ Adrian Phoenix (2011)

She mouthed, Kill it, and he had to admire her in her extremity, because there was no speech, not even the faintest aspiration, just the drawn-back lips and the grimace of the unvoiced verb. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The idea that there was an unvoiced hostility towards me, that I might be seen as muscling in on male territory, was horrible. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Most of the time, we can differentiate between a “b” and a “p” sound over the phone, even though the audio cues that make the difference between these voiced on unvoiced plosive consonants live in the higher frequencies that are lost over phone circuits. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Voiced plosives," we're told, "are like rigid, elastic hits, and unvoiced plosives like nonrigid, inelastic hits." ❋ Daniel J. Levitin (2011)

In fact, "th" represents two different sounds in English, a voiced and an unvoiced consonant. ❋ Nwhyte (2009)

Þere are a number of oþer languages which also have þe "th" spelling mainly for þe unvoiced version - Welsh and Albanian are þe two I am most familiar wiþ - þough in Castilian Spanish, "c" and "z" are often used for it, and in Turkmen, oddly enough, it is represented by þe Latin letter "s". ❋ Nwhyte (2009)

Let's ask Mr. Impatient (hehehe) about those unvoiced liasons. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As a single cell in a multifaceted gestalt entity my reservations were almost irrelevant, but they did not go unvoiced. ❋ Conan Neutron (2011)

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