tuneful
adjective
full of melody; melodious.
untuneful
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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
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
He took a last look at the shaded green garden and left, whistling in an off key an untuneful air from a roofless farce comedy.
From The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry
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 Lydia Howard Sigourney
They were singing a hymn, but not in the customary untuneful yell of the village school.
From The Bars of Iron by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
