tuneless

[ toon-lis, tyoon- ]

/ ˈtun lɪs, ˈtyun- /

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adjective

unmelodious; unmusical.

making or giving no music; silent: In the corner stood a tuneless old piano.

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Origin of tuneless

First recorded in 1585–95; tune + -less

OTHER WORDS FROM tuneless

tune·less·ly, adverb

Words nearby tuneless

tundra, tundra swan, tune, tuneful, tune in, tuneless, tune out, tuner, tunesmith, tune-up, Tunga penetrans

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How to use tuneless in a sentence

She sat where he had left her, and was crooning again the weird tuneless dirge at which Marto had been appalled.
The Treasure Trail|Marah Ellis Ryan
On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now—The heroic bosom beats no more!
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886|Ministry of Education
Of a sudden the stillness of the night was broken into by a tuneless and discordant jangle of pealing bells.
The Riddle of the Mysterious Light|Mary E. Hanshew
Anything so helplessly tuneless as its present music I never heard, except mosquitoes and cicadas.
Arrows of the Chace, v. 2|John Ruskin

Its inflexible harshness and cacophany seemed like the voice of fate speaking out its tuneless perseverance in the night.
The White Peacock|D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

British Dictionary definitions for tuneless

tuneless

/ (ˈtjuːnlɪs) /

adjective

having no melody or tune

mainly poetic not producing or able to produce music; silent

Derived forms of tuneless

tunelessly, adverbtunelessness, noun

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tuneless

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