(of a piano or other musical instrument) unable to be tuned.
Example sentencesExamples
The guitar had a moulded plastic fretboard and friction pegs, and was of course completely untunable, let alone playable.
Unfortunately, when the lute arrives it will be mostly untunable and unplayable.
It is saddening to consider the state of mind of a person who expresses joy upon a day of general thanksgiving or at the opening of a new year by blowing on an untunable tin horn.
Maybe we could have a benefit for Sisters in Crime: Gina could play the untunable Irish harp.
If a free, untunable piano is given a thousand dollar refinishing job, it is still a free piano.
Definition of untunable in US English:
untunable
adjectiveˌənˈt(y)o͞onəb(ə)l
(of a piano, etc.) that cannot be tuned.
Example sentencesExamples
It is saddening to consider the state of mind of a person who expresses joy upon a day of general thanksgiving or at the opening of a new year by blowing on an untunable tin horn.
If a free, untunable piano is given a thousand dollar refinishing job, it is still a free piano.
The guitar had a moulded plastic fretboard and friction pegs, and was of course completely untunable, let alone playable.
Unfortunately, when the lute arrives it will be mostly untunable and unplayable.
Maybe we could have a benefit for Sisters in Crime: Gina could play the untunable Irish harp.