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untuneful

  • a word derived from tuneful.
    tuneful
    adjective
    full of melody; melodious.

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Every now and again it managed an untuneful note.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye

Too hard it is to sing In these untuneful times, When only coin can ring, And no one cares for rhymes!

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden

They were not altogether silent; but even in that spring time of the year they only exhibited their pleasure by a faint untuneful twittering and chirping.

From Dick Onslow Among the Redskins by George Soper

Again he leaned to her: “‘And think how she, far from me, with like eyes Sees, through the untuneful bough the wingless skies.’”

From The Secret of Lonesome Cove by Samuel Hopkins Adams

Far from it, they are too often the victims of an untuneful tenor or bass.

From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by John Spencer Curwen