unvoiced
adjective
un·voiced
ˌən-ˈvȯist 
1
: not verbally expressed
unvoiced fears
2
: voiceless sense 2
unvoiced consonants
Synonyms
Examples of unvoiced in a Sentence
The “th” in the word “thing” is unvoiced.
an unvoiced promise to be waiting for him when he returned from the war
Recent Examples on the Web
To produce a biophonic call combination, an animal must make a voiced and unvoiced noise at the same time, reports the Telegraph’s Joe Pinkstone.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 June 2023
That battle grows even more difficult after Rhaenyra’s children are fathered by a man who isn’t her husband, an unvoiced scandal that Viserys refuses to acknowledge.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 25 May 2023
In order to put Patrick in the right mind-set, Nathan pulls an elaborate prank involving a rehearsal actor and his ostensible real life (which is actually staged); here, too, Patrick’s response to an apparent absurdity, let alone a deception, goes unvoiced.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 30 July 2022
There were even signs of a troubling advance into more delicate parts of the anatomy, which seemed to breach some unvoiced code between sickness and host: surely to go there was a step too far.
—Aaron Timms, The New York Review of Books, 29 Dec. 2022
That mood — of pain hanging in the air, of unvoiced despair — creates a kind of signifying art atmosphere of authenticity.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Sep. 2022
The event also reaffirms Antonio’s unvoiced yearning to reevaluate his uprooting — a need depicted throughout the film with magical realist underwater sequences that invoke an otherworldly atmosphere.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2021
Her family’s return to the outside world and Texas was clouded by unvoiced shame and confusion.
—Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2021
These unvoiced consonant sounds are common in most of our species’ languages.
—Jan Osterkamp, Scientific American, 8 Mar. 2021
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 June 2023
That battle grows even more difficult after Rhaenyra’s children are fathered by a man who isn’t her husband, an unvoiced scandal that Viserys refuses to acknowledge.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 25 May 2023
In order to put Patrick in the right mind-set, Nathan pulls an elaborate prank involving a rehearsal actor and his ostensible real life (which is actually staged); here, too, Patrick’s response to an apparent absurdity, let alone a deception, goes unvoiced.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 30 July 2022
There were even signs of a troubling advance into more delicate parts of the anatomy, which seemed to breach some unvoiced code between sickness and host: surely to go there was a step too far.
—Aaron Timms, The New York Review of Books, 29 Dec. 2022
That mood — of pain hanging in the air, of unvoiced despair — creates a kind of signifying art atmosphere of authenticity.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Sep. 2022
The event also reaffirms Antonio’s unvoiced yearning to reevaluate his uprooting — a need depicted throughout the film with magical realist underwater sequences that invoke an otherworldly atmosphere.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2021
Her family’s return to the outside world and Texas was clouded by unvoiced shame and confusion.
—Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2021
These unvoiced consonant sounds are common in most of our species’ languages.
—Jan Osterkamp, Scientific American, 8 Mar. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Unvoiced.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unvoiced. Accessed 7 Dec. 2023.
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unvoiced
adjective
un·voiced
ˌən-ˈvȯist
ˈən-
1
: not actually said : unspoken
an unvoiced agreement
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