toneless
Britishadjective
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having no tone
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lacking colour or vitality
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Example Sentences
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Publicly, she remained above party politics, always attending the state opening of Parliament but delivering the “Queen’s Speech” outlining the government’s agenda in the toneless accents expected of a politically neutral sovereign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
But that didn’t matter, murmured Beal in his baritone which predictably grows toneless and even deeper following tough losses.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2018
Instead Mr. Sinton wrings his corpulent instrument for its full range of values: toneless smears; soul-baring swells; chomping, roughed-up blasts.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2017
Her delivery is toneless, as if she were trying to induce her audience into shifting its attention elsewhere.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 24, 2014
Her voice was bland, toneless, no clues there.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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