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unsingable

  • a word derived from sing.
    sing
    verb (used without object)
    to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.

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There’s no indication yet if Mason plans to turn pro, but teams seldom use picks in the top 10 rounds on players who they think are unsingable.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2022

So if she’s stumped by a new work, chances are it’s unsingable — or perhaps a masterpiece in the making.

From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2019

A main reason for the opera’s neglect was the lack of a fully fleshed-out written score, making “Atlas” unstageable, unsingable and unplayable by any company but Monk’s own.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2019

In fact, as his songs got stronger in the mid-1960s, he sometimes worried that he was writing himself out of business, because they were becoming unsingable by anyone else.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2017

The great majority have not had any real musical education, and it is to these that the common notion that Wagner's music is unsingable, that it ruins the voice, is due.

From Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama by George Ainslie Hight