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voiceless

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voice·less  (voisls)
adj.
1. Having no voice; mute.
2. Linguistics Uttered without vibration of the vocal cords, as the sounds (t) and (p).
voiceless·ly adv.
voiceless·ness n.
voiceless
Adjective
1. without a voice
2. Phonetics articulated without accompanying vibration of the vocal cords, for example `p' in English
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Adj.1.voiceless - produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
surd, unvoiced, hard
2.voicelessvoiceless - deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote; "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets"
disenfranchised, disfranchised, voteless
3.voicelessvoiceless - uttered without voice; "could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"; "voiceless whispers"
breathed
inaudible, unhearable - impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear; "an inaudible conversation"
4.voiceless - being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
aphonic
inarticulate, unarticulate - without or deprived of the use of speech or words; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry"
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To me, at least, the presence -- not of human life only, but of life in any other form than that of the green things which grow upon the soil and are voiceless -- is a stain upon the landscape -- is at war with the genius of the scene.
The Island of The Fay by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
The discarded clothing of the Prince he wrapped about a huge stone torn from the disintegrating masonry of the river wall, and consigned the bundle to the voiceless river.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
He passed those same places once more with drooping head, voiceless, tearless, almost breathless.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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