as in silence
incapacity for or restraint from speaking
we were baffled by his uncharacteristic muteness
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Recent Examples of muteness
Audrey Hudson, twenty-four, is a gifted battlefield surgeon who feigns muteness to comfort Carter Reynolds, a combat soldier deafened by an explosion.
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Chang Che,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
Her media muteness gave her an icy cool, letting her work do the talking, both attributes that many luxury brands aspire to.
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Matteo Atti,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
Her media muteness gave her an icy cool, letting her work do the talking, both attributes that many luxury brands aspire to.
—
Matteo Atti,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for muteness
silence
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Listening for survivors requires near-total silence, and time is running out more than three days after the two intensely destructive earthquakes and hundreds of aftershocks.
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Casa Amor bombshell Alannah Keyser is breaking her silence after she was removed from Love Island USAseason eight when a video resurfaced of her using the N-word.
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“Muteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muteness. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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