Main entry: aphonic, voiceless
Definition: being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
Main entry: voiceless, breathed
Definition: uttered without voice
Usage: could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'; voiceless whispers
Main entry: disenfranchised, disfranchised, voiceless, voteless
Definition: deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
Usage: labor was voiceless; disenfrenchised masses took to the streets
Main entry: voiceless, unvoiced, hard, surd
Definition: produced without vibration of the vocal cords
Usage: unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'