Unsilent

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not silent. not-comparable

Antonyms

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Example

More examples

"Being of a highly Americanized old-timer generation of Filipinos, my mother still is not really accustomed to English. When my family first immigrated to North America, she pronounced "raspberry" with an unsilent P. After more than 45 years on the new continent, her accent still sounds foreign."

Etymology

From un- + silent.

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