Meanings
comparative more unstressed · superlative most unstressed
- Not stressed or accentuated.
Due to the shape of the aspect infixes, ‹er› and ‹ol›, it is possible for the pseudovowels to occur immediately after their consonantal counterpart, as in *p‹ol›lltxe. When this happens in an unstressed syllable, the pseudovowel disappears, poltxe.
2024 August 27, William S. Annis, “A Reference Grammar of Na’vi”, in Learn Na'vi, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2025, page 141 more example
Type D half-lines ending in words of this type are analysed by Hutcheson as ending in two completely unstressed syllables. That analysis must be descriptively correct for, say, the 10th cent.; whether it would have fitted the facts in the 8th cent. is much less clear.
2004 October 14, Don Ringe, “Old English maþelian, mæþlan, mǣlan”, in J. H. W. Penney, editor, Indo-European Perspectives: Studies in Honour of Anna Morpurgo Davies, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 427 - Not subject to stress.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishstressed
- Englishunstressed
Translations
Bulgarian неуда́рен
- неуда́рен (neudáren)not stressed or accentuated
Catalan àton, inaccentuat
- àtonnot stressed or accentuated
- inaccentuatnot subject to stress
Chinese Mandarin 非重讀的 /非重读的
- 非重讀的 /非重读的 (fēi zhòngdú de)not stressed or accentuated
Czech nepřízvučný
- nepřízvučnýnot stressed or accentuated
Danish tryksvag
- tryksvagnot stressed or accentuated
Dutch onbeklemtoond
- onbeklemtoondnot stressed or accentuated
Finnish painoton, stressitön
- painotonnot stressed or accentuated
- stressitönnot subject to stress
French non accentué, inaccentué
- non accentuénot stressed or accentuated
- inaccentuénot stressed or accentuated
- atonenot stressed or accentuated
German unbetont
- unbetontnot stressed or accentuated
Hebrew ללא טעם
- ללא טעםnot stressed or accentuated
Hungarian hangsúlytalan
- hangsúlytalannot stressed or accentuated
Italian atono, disaccentato
- atononot stressed or accentuated
- disaccentatonot stressed or accentuated
Japanese 強勢のない
- 強勢のない (kyōsei no nai)not stressed or accentuated
Korean 강세가 없다
- 강세가 없다 (gangse-ga eopda)not stressed or accentuated
Polish bezprzyciskowy, nieakcentowany
- bezprzyciskowynot stressed or accentuated
- nieakcentowanynot stressed or accentuated
Portuguese átono, atónico
- átononot stressed or accentuated
- atóniconot stressed or accentuated
- atôniconot stressed or accentuated
Romanian aton, atonic
- atonnot stressed or accentuated
- atonicnot stressed or accentuated
Russian безуда́рный, ненапряжённый
- безуда́рный (bezudárnyj)not stressed or accentuated
- ненапряжённый (nenaprjažónnyj)not subject to stress
Spanish átono, inacentuado
- átononot stressed or accentuated
- inacentuadonot stressed or accentuated
- non estresadonot subject to stress
Swedish obetonad
- obetonadnot stressed or accentuated
Ukrainian ненаголо́шений
- ненаголо́шений (nenaholóšenyj)not stressed or accentuated
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with unstressed
Cite this entry
unstressed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstressed
“unstressed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstressed. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unstressed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstressed.
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