unaccented
adjective
un·ac·cent·ed
ˌən-ˈak-ˌsen-təd 
chiefly British -sən-
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Unlike his small-time Israeli rivals, the placards implied, Netanyahu was a savvy statesman who punched above his weight on the international stage, thanks to his unaccented English oratory and ability to inveigle the world’s most powerful people.
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Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
His accent was unaccented, and his biking around the city was masterly.
—Hannah Whitaker, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024
To represent this to an American audience, the playwright has the characters speak in unaccented English of a conversational (and occasionally profane) variety when communicating in their native tongue.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
Will audiences or awards voters respond to Joaquin Phoenix’s unaccented Napoleon?
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2023
But the timbre was often too metallic for my taste, and bubbles of accented syllables alternated with unaccented syllables that simply disappeared.
—Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2022
Her voice is warm and smooth, with the unaccented cadence of someone who has lived on both American coasts, as well as in Europe.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
In English, what a fascinating and great choice to speak unaccented English to mark when your characters are speaking Farsi.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
And four years after that breakthrough, services such as Temi still claim no better than 95 percent—and then only for recordings of clear, unaccented speech.
—Wade Roush, Scientific American, 1 May 2020
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Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
His accent was unaccented, and his biking around the city was masterly.
—Hannah Whitaker, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024
To represent this to an American audience, the playwright has the characters speak in unaccented English of a conversational (and occasionally profane) variety when communicating in their native tongue.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
Will audiences or awards voters respond to Joaquin Phoenix’s unaccented Napoleon?
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2023
But the timbre was often too metallic for my taste, and bubbles of accented syllables alternated with unaccented syllables that simply disappeared.
—Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2022
Her voice is warm and smooth, with the unaccented cadence of someone who has lived on both American coasts, as well as in Europe.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
In English, what a fascinating and great choice to speak unaccented English to mark when your characters are speaking Farsi.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
And four years after that breakthrough, services such as Temi still claim no better than 95 percent—and then only for recordings of clear, unaccented speech.
—Wade Roush, Scientific American, 1 May 2020
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“Unaccented.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unaccented. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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