unvocal
[ uhn-voh-kuhl ]
adjective
not outspoken; reserved; not eloquent in speech; inarticulate.
not mellifluous, as the speaking voice.
not melodious; unmusical: unvocal attempts at writing art songs.
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How to use unvocal in a sentence
Personally, I admire them very much, but they seem unvocal, and Italy is nothing if not vocal.
Great Singers on the Art of Singing | James Francis CookeIn the second-story front room at Mrs. McKee's, the barytone slept heavily, and made divers unvocal sounds.
K | Mary Roberts RinehartHe is a man to keep the world's tongue wagging, not too musically always; though himself of very unvocal nature.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Volume IV. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleThe very word cantabile emphasizes, by antithesis, the unvocal character of the old florid style.
Chopin and Other Musical Essays | Henry T. Finck
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