untuneful
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a word derived from
tuneful.
tunefuladjectivefull of melody; melodious.
Example Sentences
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Every now and again it managed an untuneful note.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
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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