VOICELESS

• (adj.) deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote

  "labor was voiceless", "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets"

  synonyms : disenfranchised , disfranchised , voteless

• (adj.) produced without vibration of the vocal cords

  "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"

  synonyms : hard , surd , unvoiced

• (adj.) being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech

  synonyms : aphonic

• (adj.) uttered without voice

  "could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'", "voiceless whispers"

  synonyms : breathed

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