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"short vowels are unstressed"adjectivenot bearing a stress or accent
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Definition that contains unstressed
- rhythm the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements
- pyrrhic a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables
- pyrrhic of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables
- iamb a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
- schwa a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables
- dactyl a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables
- amphibrach a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember')
- speech rhythm the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements
- anapaest a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
- shwa a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables