1. to change a rounded vowel sound to an unrounded one
Usage: linguistics

1. describing a vowel sound produced without rounding the lips
Usage: linguistics

Examples

• The vowel in ‘bit’ is unround, while the vowel in ‘boot’ is rounded.
• Students learned to unround certain vowels when practicing the new dialect.
• The phonetics teacher explained how to produce unround vowels.
• Many English vowels are unround compared to those in French.
• The linguist studied how speakers unround vowels in casual speech.
• Unround vowels are produced with the lips in a neutral position.