untune
[ uhn-toon, -tyoon ]
verb (used with object),un·tuned, un·tun·ing.
to render or cause to become out of tune: Changes in weather can untune a violin.
to discompose; upset, as the mind or emotions.
Origin of untune
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How to use untune in a sentence
Would the steadfast Cordelia, if she had not died, have lifted the low voice to that high note, so delicately untuned?
Ceres' Runaway | Alice MeynellThen again the voice of Peter Altmaar was heard, now ringing false like an untuned fiddle.
Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) CrockettIt is as though the jar given to the nervous system had untuned us for the entire world, and all things come amiss.
That Boy Of Norcott's | Charles James LeverAnd if her tone was conventional, it fell upon ears untuned to conventions.
The Californians | Gertrude Franklin Horn AthertonIt has been exposed to a great deal of rain, but being well covered was only much untuned.
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