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Noun: unrounded vowel
  1. A vowel sound in which the lips are slack or drawn back
    "Strangely, Japanese too shows lenition of dental plosives neighbouring back vowels i.e. specifically, the high back unrounded vowel u"

Derived forms: unrounded vowels

Type of: vowel, vowel sound

Encyclopedia: Unrounded vowel