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ˈunstress, n. Phonetics. [un-1 12.] Absence of stress; the pronunciation of a syllable, etc., without stress.
1945E. K. Chambers Eng. Lit. at Close of Middle Ages i. 61 In this play aureate language..is exaggerated, almost to the point of burlesque, and is accompanied by anapaestic unstress, but not alliteration. 1953C. E. Bazell Linguistic Form iii. 30 In the case of phonemic oppositions, the most striking case of a contradiction between the criteria of freedom of distribution and frequency would be the opposition of stress and unstress. 1970B. M. H. Strang Hist. Eng. vi. 341 Hesitation between the spellings u and o in unstress does not indicate a sound midway between the two phonemes. |