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View synonyms for tuneless

tuneless

[ toon-lis, tyoon- ]

adjective

  1. unmelodious; unmusical.
  2. making or giving no music; silent:

    In the corner stood a tuneless old piano.



tuneless

/ ˈtjuːnlɪs /

adjective

  1. having no melody or tune
  2. poetic.
    not producing or able to produce music; silent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈtunelessly, adverb
  • ˈtunelessness, noun
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Other Words From

  • tuneless·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tuneless1

First recorded in 1585–95; tune + -less
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Example Sentences

She sat where he had left her, and was crooning again the weird tuneless dirge at which Marto had been appalled.

On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now—The heroic bosom beats no more!

Of a sudden the stillness of the night was broken into by a tuneless and discordant jangle of pealing bells.

Anything so helplessly tuneless as its present music I never heard, except mosquitoes and cicadas.

Its inflexible harshness and cacophany seemed like the voice of fate speaking out its tuneless perseverance in the night.

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