voiceless

Words with a similar base: voiceless

'voiceless'

[unvoiced.a.01] as in: produced without vibration of the vocal cords

Examples:
unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'

'voiceless'

[disenfranchised.a.01] as in: deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote

Examples:
labor was voiceless
disenfrenchised masses took to the streets

'voiceless'

[breathed.s.01] as in: uttered without voice

Examples:
could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'
voiceless whispers

'voiceless'

[aphonic.s.01] as in: being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech

Origins

					voiceless (English)
├── -less (English)
│   └── -leas (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│       └── leas (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── voice (English)
    └── vois (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── voiz (Anglo-Norman)

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