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# How to pronounce "statelessness" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/stætɛlɛssnɛss/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **sta·te·les·sness**

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- The property of being stateless.
  - *Example*: "There are populations all over the world at risk of statelessness. For example, some Kurds from Iraq, Iran, Syria and Lebanon might be stateless and children of Syrian refugees at risk of statelessness, because several destination countries do not grant birthright citizenship."

### Example Sentences
- "There are populations all over the world at risk of statelessness. For example, some Kurds from Iraq, Iran, Syria and Lebanon might be stateless and children of Syrian refugees at risk of statelessness, because several destination countries do not grant birthright citizenship."
- "statelessness are seen as a threat to national security a clear and present"
- "statelessness, but it it actually sort of evolved, you know, pretty nicely."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "statelessness" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "refugee and asylum only too soon those who are struggling to survive statelessness are seen as a threat to national security a clear and present danger to civilization as we know it and in defense of civilization societies"
- **Watch at 9:19**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsIpHssHycM&t=559s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "statelessness, but it it actually sort of evolved, you know, pretty nicely."
- **Watch at 41:06**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN3FZKTgdR0&t=2466s)

### Example 3
*Accent: UK*
> "statelessness how did you find that in in telling that story gosh that's a it's"
- **Watch at 25:04**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuDOqHr3FFA&t=1504s)

### Example 4
> "Naturally, I like to challenge that view. Ukraine's history of statelessness demonstrates that living under oppressive regimes, Ukrainians learned the value of freedom. For us, it's not something to be taken for granted."
- **Watch at 2:17**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJy_wVSKwwA&t=137s)

### Example 5
> "It’s something to be fought for and, once gained, protected. Another legacy of statelessness is the fact that we don't have a tradition of revering rulers. In fact, we're pretty suspicious of political leaders."
- **Watch at 2:34**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJy_wVSKwwA&t=154s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "conditions of displacement statelessness which which are the motors of realising"
- **Watch at 111:22**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwHIpA6YfpI&t=6682s)

### Example 7
*Accent: US*
> "its opposite statelessness. The first people to be uprooted by war and identified as refugees with a claim on the conscience"
- **Watch at 4:40**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTh_2HI4eOE&t=280s)

### Example 8
> "Now we are staring at the existential threats of climate change. We are grappling with the questions of statelessness, sovereignty, the risk of losing our way of life. Our rights. So those are… I think there's a need for people to understand the human aspects, the human face"
- **Watch at 4:46**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBsJVYWToSo&t=286s)

### Example 9
> "700 000 who fled myanmar the nearly half a million who are still in the country dealing with restricted freedoms but behind each figure is a face that's been dealing with statelessness and a struggle for basic existence we leave you now with some of these faces that define the continuing saga of these people we're back tomorrow we'll see you"
- **Watch at 10:34**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RaitukKfvk&t=634s)

### Example 10
*Accent: US*
> "particularly because of this emphasis on statelessness, um with with with actually working. And it was it was it was it"
- **Watch at 40:28**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN3FZKTgdR0&t=2428s)


## How to Pronounce "statelessness"

- **Syllables**: sta · te · les · sness
- **IPA**: `/stætɛlɛssnɛss/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Words

### Related Concepts
[citizenshiplessness](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/citizenshiplessness), [countrylessness](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/countrylessness), [nationlessness](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/nationlessness)

## Related Pronunciations

[stagelessness](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/stagelessness), [stacklessness](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/stacklessness), [stainlessness](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/stainlessness), [stairlessness](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/stairlessness), [stalklessness](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/stalklessness), [sta](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/sta), [staas](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/staas), [stab](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/stab)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “statelessness”?
“statelessness” is pronounced /stætɛlɛssnɛss/ (sta · te · les · sness). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “statelessness”?
“statelessness” has 4 syllables: sta · te · les · sness.

### What does “statelessness” mean?
The property of being stateless.

### How can I hear “statelessness” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “statelessness” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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