unstressed

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ʌnˈstɹɛst/

Definition of unstressed

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. not stressed or accentuated
    “Type D half-lines ending in words of this type are analysed by Hutcheson as ending in two completely unstressed syllables. That analysis must be descriptively correct for, say, the 10th cent.; whether it would have fitted the facts in the 8th cent. is much less clear.”
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adj

  1. not stressed or accentuated
    “Type D half-lines ending in words of this type are analysed by Hutcheson as ending in two completely unstressed syllables. That analysis must be descriptively correct for, say, the 10th cent.; whether it would have fitted the facts in the 8th cent. is much less clear.”
  2. not subject to stress

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Etymology

From un- + stressed.

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9-letter words

2 words

8-letter words

16 words

7-letter words

37 words

6-letter words

78 words

5-letter words

66 words

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