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uneuphonious

  • a word derived from euphonious.
    euphonious
    adjective
    pleasant in sound; agreeable to the ear; characterized by euphony.

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"I especially began to hate their sound, which was not beating wings - how could I have ever thought it was? - but a lot of uneuphonious honks," she writes.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2012

In fact, that is how it began life in 1891, saddled with the uneuphonious name of Throop University.

From Time Magazine Archive

The only specks in my sun were, that the American islands were made more beautiful by their owners than our own; and that uneuphonious names had been given to some of these charming islets.

From A Romance of Toronto A Novel by Annie Gregg Savigny

The cabin is a well-built two-story structure, its uneuphonious but fitting name having been given it because its outer walls are formed of bark-covered slabs.

From Our Friend John Burroughs by Clara Barrus

This is chiefly due to a fatty acid which properly bears the uneuphonious name of clupanodonic acid and has the composition of C18H28O2.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. Slosson

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