untuneful
- a word derived from tuneful.
Example Sentences
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Every now and again it managed an untuneful note.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
"Why haven't you done what you know I wish?" pursued the untuneful voice, now better controlled.
From Our Friend the Charlatan by Gissing, George
Such hath it been depicted in their legends who went before me; What therefore, I have seen and heard, declare I unto you In measures artless and untuneful.
From Man of Uz, and Other Poems by Sigourney, Lydia Howard
A mile away the rider who had ridden past the wagon-shed struck up a harsh, untuneful song, the words of which began:
From Heart of the West by Henry, O.
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 Soper, George
