unstressed
pronunciation
How to pronounce unstressed in British English:
UK [ʌnˈstrest]
How to pronounce unstressed in American English:
US [ʌnˈstrɛst]
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- Adjective:
- not bearing a stress or accent
Word Origin
- unstressed (adj.)
- 1879, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of stress (v.).
Example
- 1. The following one-syllable prefixes are usually unstressed .
- 2. So " his " is unstressed , the other words are stressed .
- 3. The remaining syllables are unstressed .
- 4. Make the stressed syllables strong , and the unstressed syllables weak and quick .
- 5. It may also occur in utterances at the expense of some unstressed vowels .