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unstress

unstress verb: not to stress, or to remove the stress from.

Verb

unstress (third-person singular simple present unstresses, present participle unstressing, simple past and past participle unstressed)

  1. (ambitransitive) Not to stress, or to remove the stress from.

Noun

unstress (plural unstresses)

  1. An unstressed syllable.

Forms of unstress

Verb
third-person singular presentunstresses
present participleunstressing
past participleunstressed
pastunstressed
Noun
pluralunstresses

Origin of unstress

From un- + stress.

Questions about unstress

What does unstress mean?
Unstress means not to stress, or to remove the stress from.
What part of speech is unstress?
Unstress can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of unstress?
The past tense of unstress is unstressed.

Words near unstress in the dictionary

  1. unstreamlining
  2. unstreetwise
  3. unstrengthened
  4. unstrengthening
  5. unstrenuous
  6. unstress
  7. unstressability
  8. unstressable
  9. unstressed
  10. unstressedly
  11. unstressedness

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