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  1. 1. a. Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. produced without vibration of the vocal cords Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adj. deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote Source: wordnet
  5. 5. adj. uttered without voice Source: wordnet
  6. 6. adj. being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 1. Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb. I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword. Byron. 2. (Phon.) Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd. Voiceless stop (Phon.), a consonant made with no audible sound except in the transition to or from another sound; a surd mute, as p, t, k. -- Voice"less*ly, adv. -- Voice"less*ness, n. Source: webster
  8. 8. Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd.Voiceless stop (Phon.), a consonant made with no audible sound exceptin the transition to or from another sound; a surd mute, as p, t, k.-- Voice"less*ly, adv.-- Voice"less*ness, n. Source: adambom
  9. 9. j:100 a produced without vibration of the vocal cords a deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote s uttered without voice s being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech Source: ecdict

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