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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).

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voiceless·ly adv.

voiceless·ness n.

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voiceless

Adjective

1. without a voice

2. Phonetics articulated without accompanying vibration of the vocal cords, for example `p' in English

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	voiceless - produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'" surd, unvoiced, hard
	2.	voiceless - deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote; "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets" disenfranchised, disfranchised, voteless
	3.	voiceless - 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"