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Etymology edit

un- +‎ stress

Verb edit

unstress (third-person singular simple present unstresses, present participle unstressing, simple past and past participle unstressed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) Not to stress, or to remove the stress from.

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Noun edit

unstress (plural unstresses)

  1. (poetry) An unstressed syllable.

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