[
US
/ənˈstɹɛst/
]
[ UK /ʌnstɹˈɛst/ ]
[ UK /ʌnstɹˈɛst/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
not bearing a stress or accent
short vowels are unstressed
How To Use unstressed In A Sentence
- an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'
- For each of the mutant lines and ‘Guardian’, three plants were stressed and three acted as unstressed controls.
- However I suppose Howard and his cohorts cannot appreciate that such problems exist, because they can always use the luxurious and unstressed private health system.
- Finally, I visited York City Archives next to the Art Gallery where my inquiries were all answered by seemingly unstressed staff who referred to books, documents and files.
- It is important to note that in many OE words containing vowels affected by umlaut, the /i/ or /j/ in the following unstressed syllable has been lost.
- Analogous to alliteration and perhaps to be classed as a by-form of it is the subtle use of the same sound in unstressed parts of neighboring words, as in -- The Principles of English Versification
- The first line, for example, appears to begin with two unstressed syllables followed by two stressed ones, while the second line unquestionably contains a trochee and an iamb and therefore forms a choriambic foot.
- The latter function, however, presents a singularity for low values of the parameter, precluding a direct comparison of stressed and unstressed samples.
- Bated here is a contraction of abated through loss of the unstressed first vowel a process called aphesis; it means “reduced, lessened, lowered in force”. Watch This: 44 Inch Chest Official Trailer with Ray Winstone « FirstShowing.net
- The first rhythm falls well within English rhythmical norms a dactyl, whereas a sequence of four unstressed syllables does not. Archive 2008-01-01