voiceless Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Voice"less adjective
Definitions
  1. Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb.
    I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword. Byron.
  2. (Phon.) Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd. -- Voice"less*ly, adv. -- Voice"less*ness, n.

Webster 1913