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What does voiceless mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word voiceless? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.
  2. (figuratively) Without a vote; having no input into a decision.
  3. (phonetics) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd. Examples: [t], [s], [f].
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The letters f and s each have voiceless and voiced values, the letters v and z not normally being used.
They served to link isolated communities and provide a voice and soapbox for the voiceless.
She saw Hilary's dramatic potential and trained her to perform as a voiceless clown.
More generally, voiceless obstruents are more frequent in onset position than voiced obstruents.
Without asking, I understood the call she meant, the voiceless pull that kept drawing me to the water unafraid despite my father's fears.
He said, no longer should they be voiceless, since they too were purveyors of wisdom.

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