rhythm
noun
movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.
rhythmless
-
a word derived from
rhythm.
Example Sentences
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The full-length review described Peterson's prose as "repetitious, unvariegated, rhythmless, opaque and possessed of a suffocating sense of its own importance".
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2023
“There is a beautiful simplicity in the rhythmless dance of the octopus,” said the Journal of Experimental Biology, adding that the very automaticity of the process is “what makes the octopus truly unique.”
From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2018
With their mostly rhythmless gaits, their barely there two-steps, rappers have nothing to fear from herky-jerky virtual projections of themselves synched to a vocal track.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 27, 2016
Under Mikael Håfström's visually clunky, rhythmless direction, it's a snooze of epic sameness: choppy action scenes, a blankly stern Cusack, and too many allegiance shifts to count or care for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2015
On the other hand, the rhythmless is unlimited, and the speech should be circumscribed but not by meter; for what is unbounded is unpleasant and unrecognizable.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
