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Meanings of voiceless in English

Portuguese
surdo

Produced without vibration of the vocal cords.

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      surdo

      Deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote.

          Uttered without voice.

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                Being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech.

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                      Usage of voiceless in English
                      1
                      They emphasize their duty to protect their young, voiceless patients from harm.
                      The Guardian
                      2
                      Discussion often frames the Border and its people as forgotten, ignored, voiceless.
                      The Irish Times
                      3
                      And in the meantime, the voiceless tete-a-teteing of the five couples continued.
                      Angel Island
                      4
                      Animal life had something in it akin to her own voiceless being.
                      Wild Youth, Volume 1.
                      5
                      Rachael repeated in a voiceless undertone as she rapidly paced the room.
                      The Heart of Rachael
                      6
                      Her heart was beating as if it would break; she was voiceless.
                      Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen
                      7
                      Pull the work to pieces; it ought to seem dull, monotonous, voiceless.
                      The Cathedral
                      8
                      The atmosphere of the caboose was charged with voiceless currents of thought.
                      The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
                      9
                      We work for the women who have no say, who are voiceless.
                      Radio NZ
                      10
                      She could only stand voiceless and endure the pain-racked silence which followed.
                      The Moon out of Reach
                      11
                      A voiceless flow of chaotic clamour marked their course toward the camp.
                      The Return of Blue Pete
                      12
                      There was the dull voiceless drone of a helicopter behind the hills.
                      Hemlock Grove
                      13
                      Sebrahn might be sexless, but he was not voiceless, or mindless, either.
                      The White Road
                      14
                      People began to infest the deck, limp and groaning, harassed but voiceless.
                      The Hollow of Her Hand
                      15
                      The place became alive with sounds, voiceless, muffled sounds of cautious movement.
                      The Forfeit
                      16
                      At intervals, convulsions of sobbing shook her, but it was voiceless sobbing.
                      Angel Island
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                      Translations for voiceless
                      Portuguese
                      surdo
                      Voiceless through the time
                      Voiceless across language varieties
                      United Kingdom
                      Common
                      United States of America
                      Less common