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unstressable

unstressable adjective: not capable of being stressed, or emphasized in speech.

Adjective

unstressable (not comparable)

  1. Not capable of being stressed, or emphasized in speech.
    • The schwa vowel is unstressable in English, though it may be stressed in Albanian.

Origin of unstressable

From un- + stressable.

Words formed from unstressable

Questions about unstressable

What does unstressable mean?
Unstressable means not capable of being stressed, or emphasized in speech.
What part of speech is unstressable?
Unstressable is an adjective.

Words near unstressable in the dictionary

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

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