unlistenable
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of unlistenable
Example Sentences
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“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
A bold Sharpie’d X drawn across the insert of an octet by George Enescu brands it unlistenable, and the same hand enthusiastically stars and circles a “Grand Quartet for Flutes” by Harvey Sollberger.
From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2021
This recording corrects both mistakes, and includes an unlistenable version of “The Loco-Motion!”
From Slate • May 3, 2020
A decade and a half later, what had been a motley collection of what Mr Hammersley calls "mostly unlistenable" MP3 recordings has become a global industry.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2019
Many years later, Górecki told me when he first heard the recording he found it unlistenable.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2017
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