1. (

• unvoiced ,
• voiceless ,
• surd ,
• hard

) produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'" ;

2. (

• disenfranchised ,
• disfranchised ,
• voiceless ,
• voteless

) deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote; "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets" ;

3. (

• breathed ,
• voiceless

) uttered without voice; "could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"; "voiceless whispers" ;

4. (

• aphonic ,
• voiceless

) being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech ;