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Meanings of unaccented in English
(Used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress.
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Usage of unaccented in English
1
She recognized as one of them the slow unaccented tones of Neigh.
2
Get that pencil out and try marking each accented and unaccented syllable.
3
And the unworried, unaccented voice of her father went on tormenting her.
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They are both within the zone of the unaccented syllable of the iamb.
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And I must say that your Web English is very unaccented.
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Her French, Dale soon realized, was perfect, unaccented except for its Parisian sophistication.
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By metre is meant a regular recurrence of accented syllables among unaccented syllables.
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But there might also be as many unaccented syllables as the poet liked.
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A Trochee has the first syllable accented, and the last unaccented; as, Hātefŭl,péttish
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An Iambus has the first syllable unaccented, and the last accented; as, Bĕtrāy,consíst
11
Galiano's English was unaccented, but spoken with a Latin cadence.
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The group seems an iamb with a duplicated unaccented syllable.
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His unaccented voice was almost as sweet as his scent.
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His voice was also flat and firm, deep but unaccented.
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An accented syllable is followed by one or two unaccented.
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A Dactyle has the first syllable accented, and the two latter unaccented; as, Lābŏrĕr,póssible
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