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unsyncopated en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + syncopated.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not syncopated.
    • And so a White Magic song is built on hardly anything: an unsyncopated vocal pattern, uncertain keyboard technique, shorthand lyrics (“who we are/how we live/all that has to do with innocence/has grown apart”) and very, very few piano notes. 2007 January 6, Ben Ratliff, “A Little Folk, a Little Rock and a Lot of Minimalism”, in New York Times: