What is the meaning of voiceless?

adjective

  • Produced without vibration of the vocal cords.
    • usage: "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
  • Deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote.
    • usage: "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets"
  • Uttered without voice.
    • usage: "could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"; "voiceless whispers"
  • Being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech.
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APAWordNet. (2010). voiceless. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/voiceless/definitions/1187968
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HarvardWordNet 2010, voiceless, Smart Define, viewed 21 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/voiceless/definitions/1187968>.
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