Voiceless Definition & Meaning
voiceless
- adjective
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
- deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote; "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets"
- uttered without voice; "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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