speakerless

English

Etymology

speaker +‎ -less

Adjective

speakerless (not comparable)

1. Without a speaker (narrator).
   • 1984, Dudley Andrew, Concepts in film theory:

     ...for myth is a speakerless instance of language. It is a system that always speaks itself...

   • 1996, Monika Fludernik, Towards a 'natural' Narratology:

     ...this manipulation is motivated, intentional, the result of agency, and this agency cannot be ascribed to speakerless sentences in and of themselves.

2. Without a speaker (orator).
   • 1978, Allan Peskin, Garfield: a biography:

     One distraught party chairman from Brazil, Maryland, faced with the prospect of a speakerless rally, prayed, "FOR GOD'S SAKE SEND US INGERSOLL,"...

   • 2005, Harold W Donahue, The Toastmaster's Manual:

     How to Conduct a Speakerless Banquet.

3. Without speakers (audio equipment).

   a speakerless audio system