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unlistenable

American  
[uhn-lis-uh-nuh-buhl, -lis-nuh-] / ʌnˈlɪs ə nə bəl, -ˈlɪs nə- /

adjective

  1. that cannot be listened to agreeably or comfortably.


unlistenable British  
/ ʌnˈlɪsənəbəl /

adjective

  1. impossible or unpleasant to listen to

"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

Etymology

Origin of unlistenable

un- 1 + listenable


Example Sentences

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Viewers may never know whether Tom Brady is a transcendent football analyst or an unlistenable bore because he’s chosen to handcuff himself by becoming a part owner of the Las Vegas Raiders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

“Bombón,” featuring Lil Jon and the dembow visionary El Alfa, is virtually unlistenable — college spring-break music, complete with “Yeah!” ad-libs from an era long gone.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2022

He said that while the MRI sounds are "almost unlistenable" on their own, they could be used as part of a music track or film score.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2021

The median halftime show at a football game is a marching band, a genre of performance in which the spectacle is so much more important than the music that the music is entirely unlistenable.

From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2021

Here’s the thing about ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball”: It’s unwatchable and unlistenable, which, put in layman’s terms, means it’s hard to watch and hard to listen to.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2019

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