speakerless

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adjective

Without a speaker (narrator).

“a speakerless audio system”

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Meanings

adjectivespeakerless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout a speaker (narrator).

    ...for myth is a speakerless instance of language. It is a system that always speaks itself...

    1984, Dudley Andrew, Concepts in film theory
    1 more example

    ...this manipulation is motivated, intentional, the result of agency, and this agency cannot be ascribed to speakerless sentences in and of themselves.

    1996, Monika Fludernik, Towards a 'natural' Narratology
  2. not comparableWithout a speaker (orator).

    How to Conduct a Speakerless Banquet.

    2005, Harold W Donahue, The Toastmaster's Manual
    1 more example

    One distraught party chairman from Brazil, Maryland, faced with the prospect of a speakerless rally, prayed, "FOR GOD'S SAKE SEND US INGERSOLL,"...

    1978, Allan Peskin, Garfield: a biography
  3. not comparableWithout speakers (audio equipment).

    a speakerless audio system

Origin

From speaker + -less.

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APA

speakerless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speakerless

MLA

“speakerless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speakerless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “speakerless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speakerless.

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