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On the last drafts, I focus on the words themselves, including the rub of vowels and consonants, stressed and unstressed syllables. Yet even at this stage I'm often surprised. A different ending or a new character shows up and I'm back to where I began, letting the story happen, just trying to stay out of the way.
Ron Rash

Meaning of "unstressed" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNSTRESSED

unstressed  [ʌnˈstrɛst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNSTRESSED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unstressed is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNSTRESSED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unstressed in the English dictionary

The first definition of unstressed in the dictionary is carrying relatively little stress; unemphasized. Other definition of unstressed is of, relating to, or denoting the weakest accent in a word or breath group, which in some languages, such as English or German, is also associated with a reduction in vowel quality to a centralized or. Unstressed is also having no stress or accent.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNSTRESSED


abreast
əˈbrɛst
armrest
ˈɑːmˌrɛst
arrest
əˈrɛst
breast
brɛst
Brest
brɛst
Bucharest
ˌbuːkəˈrɛst
compressed
kəmˈprɛst
crest
krɛst
depressed
dɪˈprɛst
distressed
dɪˈstrɛst
dressed
drɛst
headrest
ˈhɛdˌrɛst
impressed
ɪmˈprɛst
prest
prɛst
rest
rɛst
stressed
strɛst
tressed
trɛst
undressed
ʌnˈdrɛst
unrest
ʌnˈrɛst
untressed
ʌnˈtrɛst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNSTRESSED

unstopped
unstopper
unstopping
unstow
unstrained
unstrap
unstratified
unstreamed
unstrengthened
unstress
unstriated
unstring
unstrip
unstriped
unstripped
unstruck
unstructured
unstrung
unstuck
unstudied

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNSTRESSED

abscessed
all-dressed
blessed
hard-pressed
Islands of the Blessed
obsessed
oppressed
overdressed
possessed
pressed
processed
professed
recessed
self-addressed
self-professed
the blessed
to be sadly missed
unexpressed
unimpressed
unprocessed
well-dressed

Synonyms and antonyms of unstressed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unstressed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNSTRESSED

Find out the translation of unstressed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unstressed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unstressed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

重读
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

átona
570 millions of speakers

English

unstressed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निर्बल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بهيج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

безударный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

átona
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বরাঘাতহীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sans contrainte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanpa tekanan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unbetonten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ストレスのない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

강세
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tanpa tekanan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không có chủ âm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unstressed
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चेतनेत भरलेले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gerilmemiş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

atona
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

naprężona
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безударний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neaccentuat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unstressed
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbeklemtoonde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

obelastat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ustresset
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unstressed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNSTRESSED»

The term «unstressed» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.109 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNSTRESSED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unstressed

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2 QUOTES WITH «UNSTRESSED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unstressed.
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Ron Rash
On the last drafts, I focus on the words themselves, including the rub of vowels and consonants, stressed and unstressed syllables. Yet even at this stage I'm often surprised. A different ending or a new character shows up and I'm back to where I began, letting the story happen, just trying to stay out of the way.
2
Sonya Walger
I felt very unstressed on my wedding day. I'm very grateful for that... spending the day on my own, being super quiet and happy and just puttering around doing my own thing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNSTRESSED»

Discover the use of unstressed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unstressed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mindful of Words: Spelling and Vocabulary Explorations 4-8
In this part (Sorts 35–41) we explore unstressed syllables and the schwa vowel sound /ə/. In all but the last sort, the unstressed syllable is the final syllable. The schwa vowel sound of an unstressed syllable (pronounced as “uh”) is difficult to ...
Kathy Ganske, 2008
2
Teaching Pronunciation: A Reference for Teachers of English ...
In multisyllabic words, in fact, we are dealing with several vowel qualities: tense and lax, stressed and unstressed. (See Chapters 5 and 7 for additional stress rules.) KEY STRONG STRESS RULE To predict the stress pattern of multisyllabic  ...
Marianne Celce-Murcia, Donna M. Brinton, Janet M. Goodwin, 1996
3
The biomedical engineering handbook. 1
At transmural pressure near zero, there is a finite volume within the vessels (see definition of unstressed volume). If this volume is then removed from the vessels, there is only a small decrease in transmural pressure as the vessel collapses ...
Joseph D. Bronzino, 2000
4
Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems: Modeling, Analysis, ...
Unstressed volume is of special importance in the venous system. Usually, venous unstressed volume is not directly measured, but estimated by linear back- extrapolation of the volume-to-pressure relationship to zero pressure, as shown in ...
Jerry J. Batzel, Franz Kappel, Daniel Schneditz, 2007
5
English Speech Rhythm and the Foreign Learner
For example, stick is unstressed in the expression, He always* carried a1 walking stick; is is unstressed in the sentence, She is a' teacher at my'school; good is unstressed in the greeting, Good 'morning, Miss 'Adams, and normally in such ...
Corinne Adams, 1979
6
Portuguese: A Linguistic Introduction
hoje porque nao trabalhamos [a] ontem. b. BP Trabalhamos [e] hoje porque nao trabalhamos [e] ontem 'We work today because we did not work yesterday.' 2.4. 3 Unstressed vowels The pronunciation of unstressed vowels varies according to ...
Milton M. Azevedo, 2005
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The History of Final Vowels in English: The Sound of Muting
Though the possibility of analyzing schwa as a member of a separate subsystem for the unstressed vowels does not come up, Fisiak recognizes that "in a weakly stressed position Middle English had two phonemes N and /a/" (1970: 46).
Donka Minkova, 1991
8
Pronunciation Pairs Teacher's Book
/ar/. •. letter. The spelling in this unit has been changed to show students where to use the sound /ar/. The sound /ar/ practiced in this unit is the same as /ar/ in Unit 21, but in this unit it is unstressed.
Ann Baker, Sharon Goldstein, 2008
9
The Anatomy of Prose (Routledge Revivals)
('outcome') Pyrrhic Unstressed-unstressed. ('And so . . .') Three—syllable Anapaest Unstressed-unstressed-stressed. ('catalogue') Dactyl Stressed- unstressed-unstressed. (galloping) Amphibrach Unstressed-stressed-unstressed. ('intestines') ...
Marjorie Boulton, 2014
10
Spelling First: Word-level Activities in Context Across the ...
The citizenship words on the chart contain r , „. , , ., You could look for analogies with other unstressed vowels. Circle the unstressed vowel in words use spei, speak, spljt the word jnto each word and write notes about the spelling syllables,  ...
Ray Barker, Christine Moorcroft, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNSTRESSED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unstressed is used in the context of the following news items.
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Limericks inspired by the likes of Henry David Thoreau to Joe Riley
An anapestic foot is two unstressed followed by a stressed syllable. The first foot in a limerick line may have but one unstressed syllable. “Here's a limerick I ... «Charleston Post Courier, Jul 15»
2
Moderate activation of IKK2-NF-kB in unstressed adult mouse liver …
Moderate activation of IKK2-NF-kB in unstressed adult mouse liver induces cytoprotective genes and lipogenesis without apparent signs of inflammation or ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
3
New Approach to Treat Depression
No effects of the compound were detected in unstressed animals, raising hopes that they will not produce side effects in human patients. “This work underscores ... «UMB News, Jul 15»
4
Hope and history can never rhyme if we rewrite bank guarantee saga
Three couples of two syllables, unstressed, stressed, unstressed, stressed, unstressed, stressed. It's so catchy they call it “common meter” if it's teamed with ... «Irish Examiner, Jun 15»
5
It's all about that schwa
In English, many times when a syllable is unstressed, the vowel will change to the “uh” sound, and different unstressed vowels can show up as schwa, says ... «Michigan Radio, May 15»
6
Anxiety could stop you getting the job you want
In people with very low anxiety, stress actually increased their competitive confidence compared with their unstressed counterparts, making them more likely to ... «CITY A.M., Feb 15»
7
Tech to make you thin and unstressed
Wearable technology is enjoying a boom - a whole range of fitness tracking bracelets, cut-price touchscreen smartwatches and strap-on heart rate monitors are ... «BBC News, Jan 15»
8
Stress Increases Desire for Reward, But Pleasure Remains the Same
During the study, stress prompted chocolate lovers to exert three times as much effort to smell chocolate than unstressed chocolate lovers, and yet both groups ... «PsychCentral.com, Dec 14»
9
Research Shows Why Antidepressant May Be Effective in …
... during pregnancy showed depressive-like behaviors after giving birth, and structures in certain areas of their brains were less complex than in unstressed rats. «Ohio State University, Nov 14»
10
Let's get unstressed: why The Priory is setting up in the City
It's best known as the choice of burned-out celebs who need a little rehab but now The Priory is setting up in the City to soothe the fevered brains of the Square ... «Evening Standard, Oct 14»

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