Dictionary

unsupple en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + supple.

Meanings

1. Not supple.
   • Singer Roberta Duchak is more sensitive rhythmically yet awfully bright and unsupple on the high notes. 2005 November 11, Laura Molzahn, “Come Fly With Me”, in Chicago Reader:
   • This was, by every earthly canon, a good man, but a stern and unsupple. 1918, Mary Johnston, Foes:
   • His voice is coarse and apparently unsupple but, as with Howlin' Wolf, his breath control and subtle shifts in intensity, pitch, and timbre infuse this blunt instrument with texture and nuance. 2003 June 6, David Whiteis, “Jon Dee Graham”, in Chicago Reader:

Forms

Deriveds

unsuppleness