unstressed
2.a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember').
3.An unstressed syllable in a word
4.a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables.
5.A metrical foot having three short or unstressed syllables.
6.There is a tendency for unstressed vowels to disappear.
8.the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements.
9.The unstressed note or notes introductory to a phrase or composition.
10.Omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable, as in scanning a verse.
