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
There are the voiceless — animals don’t have a voice, homeless don’t have a voice, the emotionally disturbed on the subway don’t have a voice, veterans don’t have a voice.
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 Dec. 2025
Granting a voiceless entity legal personhood provides it with a representative to argue on its behalf.
—Brett Simpson, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025
Bully Ray envisioned a moment where a rival taunts the voiceless Knight.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Imposing duties drives up the cost of business for so many of these effectively voiceless U.S. companies, the financial impact on whom must not be taken into consideration by the U.S. International Trade Commission – the agency rendering the injury determination.
—Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 Dec. 2025
Granting a voiceless entity legal personhood provides it with a representative to argue on its behalf.
—Brett Simpson, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025
Bully Ray envisioned a moment where a rival taunts the voiceless Knight.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Imposing duties drives up the cost of business for so many of these effectively voiceless U.S. companies, the financial impact on whom must not be taken into consideration by the U.S. International Trade Commission – the agency rendering the injury determination.
—Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for voiceless
Adjective
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Millions of Democrats in Texas, Republicans in California and partisans in other states have been effectively disenfranchised, their voices rendered mute.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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Atkin rotates uphill, alley oop, in the opposite direction to the natural flow of the pipe, and spins 540 degrees (one and a half rotations) before finishing with a mute grab.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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 5 Mar. 2026.
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