Antonyms for unpronounced


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pruh-nounst
Phonetic Transcription : prəˈnaʊnst


Definition of unpronounced

Origin :
  • "spoken," 1570s, past participle adjective from pronounce (v.). Sense of "emphatic" is a figurative meaning first attested c.1730.
  • As in mute : adj unable to speak
  • As in silent : adj understood, implied
  • As in undeclared : adj silent
  • As in unuttered : adj silent
  • As in unvoiced : adj silent
Example sentences :
  • Otherwise leave them “unhonoured and unsung,” and unpronounced.
  • Extract from : « The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast » by Various
  • Comparatively weak and unpronounced are the features of urban life.
  • Extract from : « The Blue-Grass Region of Kentucky » by James Lane Allen
  • Here we have a pure 'Chippendale' book-plate of an unpronounced type.
  • Extract from : « Book-Plates » by William J. Hardy
  • Cabbages and cradles for ever was the unpronounced cry of triumph with which he buoyed up his courage.
  • Extract from : « Ayala's Angel » by Anthony Trollope
  • In Swedish and Danish there are the forms lille and liden; whilst in the neuter form, lidt, the d is unpronounced.
  • Extract from : « The English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • The dying lady looked unsatisfied, and some unpronounced words agitated her lips, as Constance entered unbidden, but most welcome.
  • Extract from : « The Buccaneer » by Mrs. S. C. Hall
  • On my admission into hospital I was at first sent to the convalescent ward, a huge room devoted to light and unpronounced cases.
  • Extract from : « Eighteen Months' Imprisonment » by Donald Shaw
  • So many folk wear titles, as syllables in certain tongues wear accents—without them being mute, unnoticed, unpronounced.
  • Extract from : « Four Weird Tales » by Algernon Blackwood

Synonyms for unpronounced

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