Associations to the word «Toneless»

Wiktionary

TONELESS, adjective. Lacking tone or expression
TONELESS, adjective. Lacking vitality; listless
TONELESS, adjective. (linguistics) lacking tone or pitch, have the neutral tone

Dictionary definition

TONELESS, adjective. Lacking in tone or expression; "his toneless mechanical voice".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky