Unsyllabic

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unsyllabic
       adj : not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable;
             consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same
             syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel
             sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as
             the second vowel in a falling diphthong); "the


             nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced
             `botny'"; "the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'" [syn: {nonsyllabic}]
             [ant: {syllabic}]