Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

speakerless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: speak-er-less
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a speaker (narrator).

adj

Without a speaker (orator).

adj

Without speakers (audio equipment).

Example Sentences

"...for myth is a speakerless instance of language. It is a system that always speaks itself..."
"...this manipulation is motivated, intentional, the result of agency, and this agency cannot be ascribed to speakerless sentences in and of themselves."
"One distraught party chairman from Brazil, Maryland, faced with the prospect of a speakerless rally, prayed, "FOR GOD'S SAKE SEND US INGERSOLL,"..."
"How to Conduct a Speakerless Banquet."
"a speakerless audio system"

Etymology

From speaker + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: speaker

Derived Forms

speakerlessness

Questions

What does speakerless mean?: Without a speaker (narrator).
Where does speakerless come from?: From speaker + -less.

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