unstressed
Lacking vocal prominence
Unstressed describes something not subjected to stress.
An unstressed syllable receives less emphasis when spoken: in "banana," the first and last syllables are unstressed while the middle syllable carries the stress.
The word also applies to people or situations free from pressure or anxiety: She seemed remarkably unstressed despite the deadline.
Neutral unstressed vowel
- weakLacking power or force
- reductionMaking something smaller
- syllableUnit of pronunciation
- vowelUnobstructed speech sound
elision · prosody · intonation · pronunciation · articulation · enunciate · allophone · phoneme
Device that measures usage
- scansionAnalyzing verse rhythm patterns
- prosodyStudy of verse rhythm
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
foot · iamb · trochee · anapest · dactyl · spondee · pentameter · tetrameter
Free of stress
- tranquilCalm and untroubled
- peacefulFree from disturbance
- composedCalm and self-possessed
- untroubledFree from disturbance
serene · placid · at ease · undisturbed · unruffled · collected · level-headed · even-tempered
Relaxed, not official
- conversationalRelating to informal dialogue
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
- everydayOccurring each day
- naturalNot artificially produced
spontaneous · easygoing · laid-back · nonchalant · breezy · unpretentious · simple · unaffected
schwa
Neutral unstressed vowel
vowel · elision · prosody · intonation · pronunciation · articulation · enunciate · allophone · phoneme · phonology
meter
Device that measures usage
beat · foot · iamb · trochee · anapest · dactyl · spondee · pentameter · tetrameter · verse
relaxed
Free of stress
untroubled · serene · placid · at ease · undisturbed · unruffled · collected · level-headed · even-tempered · cool
informal
Relaxed, not official
- conversationalRelating to informal dialogue
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
- everydayOccurring each day
natural · spontaneous · easygoing · laid-back · nonchalant · breezy · unpretentious · simple · unaffected · offhand
- poetry termspoetry, rhyme, verse, rhythm, meter
- prosodyscansion, meter, foot, metrics, iamb
- syllablessyllable, syllabification, syllabication, monosyllable, disyllable
- poetrypoem, poems, poetry, verse, verses
- blank slate wordsblank, plain, bare, clear, pristine
- compressedcompressed, compacted, squeezed, squashed, crushed
unstressedstressed
Overwhelmed by pressure
accented · emphasized · emphasised · tonic · emphatic
- unstressed syllableUnaccented unit of speech