Link Centre Dictionary

unstressed

unst·res·sed

UK/ʌnˈstɹɛst/ US/ʌˈnstrɛst/ fairly common

adjective

1.

not bearing a stress or accent

  • “short vowels are unstressed”
Synonyms
Antonyms
Similar

Origin

From un- + stressed.

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.