What does unvocalized mean?
adjective
Not pronounced with the usual vowel sound; lacking a vowel sound. In phonetics, a sound that is not pronounced as a vowel.
Example
"The unvocalized 'l' in 'climb' is often pronounced as a soft 'k' sound."
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