from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adjective Having no diacritical mark. Used of a word, syllable, or letter.
adjective Having weak stress or no stress, as in pronunciation or metrical rhythm.
from The Century Dictionary.
Not accented; in music, receiving only a relatively slight rhythmical emphasis: used both of beats, pulses, or parts of measures, and of tones or notes that occur on such beats or parts.
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adjective Of a word, having no diacritical mark; accentless.
adjective Of a vowel or syllable, pronounced with no, or little stress.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
adjective used of syllables
Etymologies
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un- + accented
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Examples
The time-travel scenes are unconvincing: Will runs into a Viking who speaks by grunting noncommittally and runs into some seventeenth-century Brits who speak in unaccented modern English.
The time-travel scenes are unconvincing: Will runs into a Viking who speaks by grunting noncommittally and runs into some seventeenth-century Brits who speak in unaccented modern English.
When Fallows visited their home, he found adults returning from their daily commutes and children discussing their day’s studies in unaccented American English.
When Fallows visited their home, he found adults returning from their daily commutes and children discussing their day’s studies in unaccented American English.
And the reason why he has such a great following in the West, more generally, is he speaks unaccented English, and he has sort of these touchstones, these cultural touchstones that he's able to reach out and grab people with.
Ms. BLOOM: And he spoke completely unaccented English, was very charismatic, and I think that that in itself explains part of the difference between Gadahn and Awlaki.
Ms. BLOOM: And he spoke completely unaccented English, was very charismatic, and I think that that in itself explains part of the difference between Gadahn and Awlaki.
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