adjective
- having no voice; mute.
- uttering no words; silent.
- having an unmusical voice.
- unspoken; unuttered: voiceless sympathy.
- having no vote or right of choice.
- Phonetics. (of a speech sound)
- without voice; unvoiced; surd; aphonic (contrasted with voiced): “p,” “f,” and “s” are voiceless.
- uttered without phonation.
adjective
- without a voice; mute
- not articulatedvoiceless misery
- lacking a musical voice
- silent
- without the power or right to express an opinion
- phonetics articulated without accompanying vibration of the vocal cordsin English (p) is a voiceless consonant
1530s, “unable to speak,” from voice (n.) + -less. Meaning “having no say in affairs” is from 1630s; that of “unspoken, unuttered” is from 1816. In phonology, “unvoiced,” from 1867. Related: Voicelessly; voicelessness.