unpronounced

Example Sentences

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The lawlessness of pop was fun and unpronounced.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2015

Later Sumerian cuneiform did become capable of rendering prose, but it did so by the messy system that I’ve already described, with mixtures of logograms, phonetic signs, and unpronounced determinatives totaling hundreds of separate signs.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

These glowing prospects at first were only partially disclosed to the public, and the name of Darien was unpronounced save only to a few of Paterson's most confidential friends.

From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)

So many folk wear titles, as syllables in certain tongues wear accents—without them being mute, unnoticed, unpronounced.

From Four Weird Tales by Blackwood, Algernon

If the sky turquoise was a shade or two paler than the prescribed robin's-egg, it blended perfectly with the unpronounced greens of the sprouting grass and the uncertain olive of the budding sagebrush.

From The Song of the Wolf by Mayer, Frank