unvoiced meaning and definition

UNVOICED adjective

Definition of unvoiced (adjective)

1. produced without vibration of the vocal cords
   • "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
   • synonyms: hard, surd, voiceless
   • antonym: soft
2. not made explicit
   • "the unexpressed terms of the agreement"; "things left unsaid"; "some kind of unspoken agreement"; "his action is clear but his reason remains unstated"
   • synonyms: unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unstated, unuttered, unverbalised, unverbalized