unsyllabled
- adjective
- Specialized
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sin sílabas
- The word 'strength' is often considered unsyllabled in casual speech.
Examples
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The poem ended with an unsyllabled sigh, lingering in the air.
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Her lips moved, but the words remained unsyllabled and unspoken.
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He listened in silence, waiting for some unsyllabled response to the question.
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Some linguists argue that certain sounds can be unsyllabled.
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After the meeting, she expressed her thoughts with an unsyllabled gesture instead of words.
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His feelings were unsyllabled, communicated only through a knowing glance.
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The child made an unsyllabled sound, indicating her excitement without forming actual words.
Synonyms
A sound that does not make its own syllable
A sound that cannot be a syllable by itself
A written letter or sound that is not spoken
A sound made without clear words, like a grunt
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unsyllabled is built from un- meaning 'not' and syllable, a word for a single 'beat' or unit of sound in speech. So, something unsyllabled is not split into these sound beats and is left unspoken or without clear syllables.