Voiceless - Definition
voiceless
adj 1: produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced
consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'" [syn: unvoiced,
voiceless, surd, hard] [ant: soft, sonant,
voiced]
2: deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to
vote; "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to
the streets" [syn: disenfranchised, disfranchised,
voiceless, voteless] [ant: enfranchised]
3: uttered without voice; "could hardly hear her breathed plea,
`Help me'"; "voiceless whispers" [syn: breathed,
voiceless]
4: being without sound through injury or illness and thus
incapable of all but whispered speech [syn: aphonic,
voiceless]