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Reduced vowel

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  1. 1
    a vowel that occurs only, or at least disproportionately often, in unstressed syllables in a given language; usually one that is intermediate in both height and frontness/backness

    "The schwa is a typical reduced vowel, though it can also be a full vowel in some languages."

  2. 2
    an unstressed, central variant of a fuller vowel. wordnet

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