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nonsyllabic

non.syl.lab.ic \.na:n(t)-s*-'lab-ik\ aj : not constituting a syllable or 
   the nucleus of a syllable :  of a consonant  : accompanied in the same 
   syllable by a vowel {/n/ is  syllabic in /'bat-*n-e-/ botany, ~ in 
   /'bat-ne-/} of a vowel  : having vowel quality less prominent than that of 
   another vowel in the  syllable {the second vowel of a falling diphthong is 
   ~ (as /i/ in /o.i/)}