UNACCENTED
unaccented, light, weak
(adjective) (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; “a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable”; “a weak stress on the second syllable”
atonic, unaccented
(adjective) (used of syllables) carrying no stress; “an atonic syllable carries no stress”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
unaccented (comparative more unaccented, superlative most unaccented)
Of a word, having no diacritical mark; accentless.
Of a vowel or syllable, pronounced with no, or little stress.
Not pronounced with a distinctive accent.
Source: Wiktionary
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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