voicelessness

voicelessness
    n 1: a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of
         voice [syn: {aphonia}, {voicelessness}]
    2: speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords [syn:
       {whisper}, {whispering}, {susurration}, {voicelessness}]
    3: having no voice in the management or control of affairs; "the
       voicelessness of those who live in situations of
       hopelessness"
    

Voiceless \Voice"less\, a.
   1. Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb.
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            I live and die unheard,
            With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a
            sword.                                --Byron.
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   2. (Phon.) Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant;
      surd.
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   {Voiceless stop} (Phon.), a consonant made with no audible
      sound except in the transition to or from another sound; a
      surd mute, as p, t, k.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Voice"less*ly}, adv. --
      {Voice"less*ness}, n.
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