1. (adj) unvoiced, voiceless, surd, hard
produced without vibration of the vocal cords
"unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
2. (adj) disenfranchised, disfranchised, voiceless, voteless
deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
"labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets"
3. (adj) breathed, voiceless
uttered without voice
"could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"; "voiceless whispers"
4. (adj) aphonic, voiceless
being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
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Definition of 'voiceless' 
