unaccented

What does unaccented mean?

unaccented means "(used of syllables) carrying no stress". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unaccented?

unaccented has 4 syllables: u-nac-cen-ted. The stress falls on "nac".

What is another word for unaccented?

Close synonyms include atonic, light, weak. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unaccented a common word?

unaccented is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for unaccented come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.