unmusical en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + musical.
Meanings
- Not musical: lacking in musical ability.
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Not musical: unmelodic.
The harp itself was a huge gourd, and a most unmusical "shell" it proved to be.
1870, The African Repository and Colonial Journal, volume 46, page 231:'Quite like old times,' said the woman with an unmusical laugh as she threw off her cloak—there was little indication of the sorrowing widow now […]
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unmusical | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unmusical | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unmusicalness · unmusicality · unmusically
Translations (7)
grc ἄνομος (not musical) · sv omusikalisk (not musical) · el άμουσος (not musical) · fi epämusikaalinen (not musical) · nn umusikalsk (not musical) · da umusikalsk (not musical) · nb umusikalsk (not musical)