accentless

accentless

English

Etymology

    From accent + -less.

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    Adjective

    accentless (comparative more accentless, superlative most accentless)

    1. (of a person) Speaking without an accent.
    2. (of speech) Spoken without an accent.
      • 2009, Emily St. John Mandel, Last Night in Montreal, Picador (2015), page 126:
        “You were looking up my skirt,” she said flatly, in accentless English.
    3. (of a word's sound or of a language) Not having any stress (accent).
    4. (of a written word) Having no accent marks.
      Synonym: unaccented
    5. (of a written word) Having no diacritical marks of any kind.
      Synonyms: diacriticless, undiacritized, unaccented

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