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UNSTRESSED

\ʌnstɹˈɛst], \ʌnstɹˈɛst], \ʌ_n_s_t_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_t]\

Definitions of UNSTRESSED

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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not bearing a stress or accent; "short vowels are unstressed"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

not bearing a stress or accent; "short vowels are unstressed"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

un-strest', adj. not pronounced with stress, unaccented.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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