Voiceless
adjective
Not able to speak or express yourself in words.
He came from a voiceless community which has struggled for years to be heard.
Often appears as...
- voiceless minority
- voiceless community
adjective
In linguistics, a voiceless sound is made by closing off the vocal cords, not producing any vibration.
'P' is a voiceless consonant because you don't use your vocal cords to make its sound.
Often appears as...
- voiceless consonant
- voiceless sound
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Something or someone unable to make noise or sound.
The piano was voiceless, as it hadn't been played for years
Often appears as...
- voiceless instrument
- voiceless machine
adjective
Not able to speak or express yourself in words.
He came from a voiceless community which has struggled for years to be heard.
Often appears as...
- voiceless minority
- voiceless community
adjective
In linguistics, a voiceless sound is made by closing off the vocal cords, not producing any vibration.
'P' is a voiceless consonant because you don't use your vocal cords to make its sound.
Often appears as...
- voiceless consonant
- voiceless sound
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Something or someone unable to make noise or sound.
The piano was voiceless, as it hadn't been played for years
Often appears as...
- voiceless instrument
- voiceless machine
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Societal Context
Used to describe groups that lack political or social representation.
The voiceless members of society often struggle for change.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Highlights the struggle or injustice faced by individuals or groups.
Many documentaries aim to give a voice to the voiceless.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Literal
Often used metaphorically to express lack of influence, not just the inability to speak.
Her art speaks for the voiceless.
Pro Tip 1/3Societal Context
Used to describe groups that lack political or social representation.
The voiceless members of society often struggle for change.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Highlights the struggle or injustice faced by individuals or groups.
Many documentaries aim to give a voice to the voiceless.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Literal
Often used metaphorically to express lack of influence, not just the inability to speak.
Her art speaks for the voiceless.
Pro Tip 1/3Societal Context
Used to describe groups that lack political or social representation.
The voiceless members of society often struggle for change.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Highlights the struggle or injustice faced by individuals or groups.
Many documentaries aim to give a voice to the voiceless.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Literal
Often used metaphorically to express lack of influence, not just the inability to speak.
Her art speaks for the voiceless.
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What we learned from 5...
people are talked about voiceless as it should have been but much more importantly the distribution is much wider there are many people who end up on the far left of this distribution who are talked about ten times fewer and they should have been but then also many people on the far right who seem to benefit from propaganda this picture
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Chimps have feelings and...
and indeed I was moved by it, because I had become a lawyer because I wanted to speak for the voiceless, defend the defenseless, and I'd never realized how voiceless and defenseless the trillions, billions of nonhuman animals are. And I began to work as an animal protection lawyer.
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Let's put birth control...
because of what I've seen in the developing world. And for me, this topic has become very close to heart because you meet these women and they are so often voiceless. And yet they shouldn't be -- they should have a voice, they should have access. And so I hope they'll feel
Video examples
Let's put birth control...
come to feel incredibly passionate about this issue because of what I've seen in the developing world and for me this topic has become very close to heart because you meet these women and they are so often voiceless and yet they shouldn't be they should have voice they
Video examples
Music gives voice to the...
been a big part of social change and it's by giving expressive voice to those who often feel voiceless but real awareness and understanding can be achieved it was a thrill to see the city music project encourage children as young as six years old to create musical
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Janine di Giovanni: What...
I'm not even a humanitarian aid doctor, and I can't tell you the times of how helpless I've felt to have people dying in front of me, and I couldn't save them. All I am is a witness. My role is to bring a voice to people who are voiceless.
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Who is God? PIPE A Pastor,...
can find God God is found in the effort to help out someone in need to stand up for justice in society and for the down and out and the voiceless there's a way in which you can connect to God I was following some of the trends of
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3 questions to ask...
if you have done everything you said you should, and it still doesn't work out, fatigue can sap you of your energy. But that's why you go back to the "why" of it. Because I know we have to have women who speak for the voiceless.
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Michael Anti: Behind the...
it does not appear to exist for the Chinese public. But also, Chinese social media is really changing Chinese mindsets and Chinese life. For example, they give the voiceless people a channel to make your voice heard.
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Why museums are...
the very people who were once the voiceless objects of our curiosity. And this doesn't even require us to fully understand others' beliefs, only that we respect them. Museums are temples to things past.
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What we learned from 5...
people are talked about voiceless as it should have been but much more importantly the distribution is much wider there are many people who end up on the far left of this distribution who are talked about ten times fewer and they should have been but then also many people on the far right who seem to benefit from propaganda this picture
Video examples
Chimps have feelings and...
and indeed I was moved by it, because I had become a lawyer because I wanted to speak for the voiceless, defend the defenseless, and I'd never realized how voiceless and defenseless the trillions, billions of nonhuman animals are. And I began to work as an animal protection lawyer.
Video examples
Let's put birth control...
because of what I've seen in the developing world. And for me, this topic has become very close to heart because you meet these women and they are so often voiceless. And yet they shouldn't be -- they should have a voice, they should have access. And so I hope they'll feel
Video examples
Let's put birth control...
come to feel incredibly passionate about this issue because of what I've seen in the developing world and for me this topic has become very close to heart because you meet these women and they are so often voiceless and yet they shouldn't be they should have voice they
Video examples
Music gives voice to the...
been a big part of social change and it's by giving expressive voice to those who often feel voiceless but real awareness and understanding can be achieved it was a thrill to see the city music project encourage children as young as six years old to create musical
Video examples
Janine di Giovanni: What...
I'm not even a humanitarian aid doctor, and I can't tell you the times of how helpless I've felt to have people dying in front of me, and I couldn't save them. All I am is a witness. My role is to bring a voice to people who are voiceless.
Video examples
Who is God? PIPE A Pastor,...
can find God God is found in the effort to help out someone in need to stand up for justice in society and for the down and out and the voiceless there's a way in which you can connect to God I was following some of the trends of
Video examples
3 questions to ask...
if you have done everything you said you should, and it still doesn't work out, fatigue can sap you of your energy. But that's why you go back to the "why" of it. Because I know we have to have women who speak for the voiceless.
Video examples
Michael Anti: Behind the...
it does not appear to exist for the Chinese public. But also, Chinese social media is really changing Chinese mindsets and Chinese life. For example, they give the voiceless people a channel to make your voice heard.
Video examples
Why museums are...
the very people who were once the voiceless objects of our curiosity. And this doesn't even require us to fully understand others' beliefs, only that we respect them. Museums are temples to things past.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Wadah Khanfar
Palestinian Leader
Some people call it the 'Al Jazeera spirit' - courage, re-thinking authority, giving a voice to the voiceless. We have never been favored by the authority. The human being is the center of our editorial policy. We are not a TV station that rushes after stars, big names, press conferences, hand-shake journalism.
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Abby Martin
American Journalist
Words hold tremendous power, and if we don't reclaim our language and start seeing people instead of 'militants,' drone victims instead of 'bug splats,' or natural splendor instead of 'green infrastructure,' then the voiceless are destined to be silenced forever.
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Martin Luther King III
American Activist
Our obligation to fight pollution traces the roots of its persuasion to that same moral mountaintop from which my father lent his voice to the voiceless. The pursuit of civil equality in health helped build our environmental laws.
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Bill Duke
American Actor
It's very important that we give a voice to the voiceless in terms of media; because media is a global phenom and it portrays you dependent upon what controls you have and the writers are doing great work.
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Ban Ki-moon
South Korean Leader
From the beginning of my time as Secretary-General, I have sought to advance a practical, action-oriented vision of the U.N. as the voice of the voiceless and the defender of the defenceless.
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Olivia Wilde
American Actress
The thing that's wonderful about social media is that we are able to give a voice to the voiceless and to help educate each other. I benefit from it as much as I provide those lessons.
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Bianca Jagger
Nicaraguan Celebrity
The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That's why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless.
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Rebecca Solnit
American Writer
I'm grateful that, after an early life of being silenced, sometimes violently, I grew up to have a voice, circumstances that will always bind me to the rights of the voiceless.
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Dick Durbin
American Politician
America wins when the voiceless have a seat at the table, when the vulnerable are protected, and when working families have the same political clout as the wealthy.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
How poor this world would be without its graves, without the memories of its mighty dead. Only the voiceless speak forever.
Quote examples
Wadah Khanfar
Palestinian Leader
Some people call it the 'Al Jazeera spirit' - courage, re-thinking authority, giving a voice to the voiceless. We have never been favored by the authority. The human being is the center of our editorial policy. We are not a TV station that rushes after stars, big names, press conferences, hand-shake journalism.
Quote examples
Abby Martin
American Journalist
Words hold tremendous power, and if we don't reclaim our language and start seeing people instead of 'militants,' drone victims instead of 'bug splats,' or natural splendor instead of 'green infrastructure,' then the voiceless are destined to be silenced forever.
Quote examples
Martin Luther King III
American Activist
Our obligation to fight pollution traces the roots of its persuasion to that same moral mountaintop from which my father lent his voice to the voiceless. The pursuit of civil equality in health helped build our environmental laws.
Quote examples
Bill Duke
American Actor
It's very important that we give a voice to the voiceless in terms of media; because media is a global phenom and it portrays you dependent upon what controls you have and the writers are doing great work.
Quote examples
Ban Ki-moon
South Korean Leader
From the beginning of my time as Secretary-General, I have sought to advance a practical, action-oriented vision of the U.N. as the voice of the voiceless and the defender of the defenceless.
Quote examples
Olivia Wilde
American Actress
The thing that's wonderful about social media is that we are able to give a voice to the voiceless and to help educate each other. I benefit from it as much as I provide those lessons.
Quote examples
Bianca Jagger
Nicaraguan Celebrity
The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That's why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless.
Quote examples
Rebecca Solnit
American Writer
I'm grateful that, after an early life of being silenced, sometimes violently, I grew up to have a voice, circumstances that will always bind me to the rights of the voiceless.
Quote examples
Dick Durbin
American Politician
America wins when the voiceless have a seat at the table, when the vulnerable are protected, and when working families have the same political clout as the wealthy.
Quote examples
Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
How poor this world would be without its graves, without the memories of its mighty dead. Only the voiceless speak forever.
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