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voiceless

 adjective
     
Related topics: Linguistics
voice‧less
1 unable to get your opinions or concerns noticed by people in power:
The vast majority of our people feel ignored and voiceless.
2SL technical voiceless sounds are made without using the vocal cords. For example, /p/ and /k/ are voiceless consonants
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