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Meaning of UNSYLLABIC

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 Definition: [adj]  not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; (of a consonant sound) accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound as the `n' in `botany' when pronounced `botny'; (of a vowel sound) dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable; i.e. being the second vowel in a falling diphthong as the `i' in `oi'
 
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 Synonyms: nonsyllabic, unsyllabled
 
 Antonyms: syllabic
 

 

 

 

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