as in mute
unable to speak
believes that animals deserve basic rights even though they are voiceless
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Recent Examples of voiceless
Like any cultural expression that looks at society’s most vulnerable and voiceless, the art of incarceration is often defined from the outside in.
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Adam Bradley, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2022
And Just Like That … as a ghost in the machine: a faceless, voiceless apparition seen only in texts to Carrie Bradshaw’s phone.
—Kim Cattrall, Vulture, 4 May 2022
That would have been unheard-of under Carlisle, whose assistants through the years largely remained voiceless, at least publicly.
—Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2022
Last year, neuroscientists at the University of California, San Francisco published a high-profile paper in The New England Journal of Medicine detailing how artificial neural networks coupled with a brain implant helped a paralyzed and voiceless man regain the ability to talk via a computer.
—Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2022
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Adam Bradley, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2022
And Just Like That … as a ghost in the machine: a faceless, voiceless apparition seen only in texts to Carrie Bradshaw’s phone.
—Kim Cattrall, Vulture, 4 May 2022
That would have been unheard-of under Carlisle, whose assistants through the years largely remained voiceless, at least publicly.
—Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2022
Last year, neuroscientists at the University of California, San Francisco published a high-profile paper in The New England Journal of Medicine detailing how artificial neural networks coupled with a brain implant helped a paralyzed and voiceless man regain the ability to talk via a computer.
—Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for voiceless
Adjective
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Features like undo/redo, mute/unmute, scrolling, and taking screenshots are instantly accessible, significantly speeding up the workflow.—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
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That mute minute in an otherwise ever-bobbing, ever-shouting crowd (a portion of which camped outside the Spectrum Center) was a testament to Eilish’s ability to hold her own on a stage that — other than the occasional burst of fire and blitzing lights — had little frill.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In helicopter video taken by Air Maui Helicopter Tours in Lahaina and posted online the people aboard are largely speechless.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
10 Aug. 2023
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Because his work, as is often the case, leaves us almost speechless.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2023
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“Voiceless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voiceless. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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