tuneless

adjective

tune·​less ˈtün-ləs How to pronounce tuneless (audio)
ˈtyün-
Synonyms of tunelessnext
1
: not tuneful
2
: not producing music
tunelessly adverb

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Luka Dončić made his Lakers debut Monday, Feb. 10, in a comfortable home win against the tuneless Utah Jazz. — Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025 Fletcher’s thrumming, didgeridoo voice—violently tuneless when singing and melodic in speech—is a counterpoint to Fliakos’s light, almost nasal timbre; Niall Cunningham and Andrew Maillet, as the President’s assistants, are their balancing male pair. — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of tuneless was in 1594

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“Tuneless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tuneless. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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