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[syn: tuneless, untuneful, unmelodious]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tuneless \Tune"less\ (t[=u]n"l[e^]s), a.
1. Without tune; inharmonious; unmusical. " Thy tuneless
serenade." --Cowley.
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How often have I led thy sportive choir,
With tuneless pipe, beside the murmuring Loire!
--Goldsmith.
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2. Not employed in making music; as, tuneless harps.
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3. Not expressed in music or poetry; unsung. [R.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tuneless
adj 1: not having a musical sound or pleasing tune [syn:
tuneless, untuneful, unmelodious] [ant:
melodious, tuneful]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "tuneless":
absonant, atonal, cacophonous, cracked, diaphonic, disconsonant,
discordant, disharmonic, disharmonious, dissonant, flat, grating,
harsh, immelodious, inharmonic, inharmonious, musicless,
nonmelodious, off, off-key, off-tone, out of pitch, out of tone,
out of tune, raucous, sharp, shrill, sour, strident, unharmonious,
unmelodious, unmusical, untunable, untuned, untuneful