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Definition of untuneful in English: untunefuladjectiveʌnˈtjuːnfʊlʌnˈtjuːnf(ə)lˌənˈt(j)unfəl Not having a pleasing melody; unmusical. 不和谐的，不悦耳的；刺耳的 不悦耳的圣歌。 Example sentencesExamples - In ‘The Hippopotamus’, for instance, this most untuneful animal is associated with ‘sound-slumbering music’, an altogether unexpected conjunction.
- His ‘J'ai le coeur plein’ in The Count of Luxemburg is badly written and untuneful to the ear.
- A lullaby: your voice, no matter how untuneful, is very soothing to your baby.
- Nowhere are there particular untuneful or heavy sounds, though now and then the music comes with vehemence.
- It was the sound of a big man clearing his throat; and just then a hoarse, untuneful voice broke into singing.
- Furthermore, since it is unable to control the striking of the elements, untuneful noisy sounds, therefore, may occur.
- Interrupting his untuneful singing, he gave a wobbly wave and called, ‘Good night’ to some fashionably dressed dummies in a store window.
- When I was growing up, I associated religious music with school hymns, the most untuneful, dreary things, but many Bach cantatas are incredibly jolly and full of playful flourishes.
- He took a last look at the shaded green garden and left, whistling in an off key an untuneful air from a roofless farce comedy.
- This is necessary because occasionally tuneful singers will ridicule untuneful ones and tease them about their untunefulness, particularly if the untuneful one is sitting nearby.
- I think that the Star-Spangled Banner is untuneful, nearly unsingable, and usually played too slowly, so it loses what little character it had to begin with.
- He has converted an untuneful rabble into a disciplined, harmonious, intelligible Orchestra and fortunate will be the band that next obtains his services.
- In addition to a draggy book, there are tunes that can only turn rather untuneful to avoid seeming reminiscent, and lyrics that are ruggedly mediocre.
Derivativesadverb After a dozen golden oldies had been sung loudly if untunefully, it was noticed that a number of non-MEOSA guests had fled the premises. Example sentencesExamples - After proper voice classification (click here to access a description of this procedure), many inexperienced singers who might have been singing untunefully in the first session of choir or music class will automatically begin to match pitch in a day or two.
- The second act I saw was a young teenager who played electric guitar with a very aggressive style and sang untunefully.
- What we got was fine, though the meal was disrupted by a man at a large table, who was sang loudly, untunefully and persistently over several hours.
- I was astonished to find it actually contained a load of Germans singing untunefully and then a strangely familiar man shouting ‘Heil!’
Definition of untuneful in US English: untunefuladjectiveˌənˈt(j)unfəlˌənˈt(y)o͞onfəl Not having a pleasing melody; unmusical. 不和谐的，不悦耳的；刺耳的 不悦耳的圣歌。 Example sentencesExamples - In addition to a draggy book, there are tunes that can only turn rather untuneful to avoid seeming reminiscent, and lyrics that are ruggedly mediocre.
- In ‘The Hippopotamus’, for instance, this most untuneful animal is associated with ‘sound-slumbering music’, an altogether unexpected conjunction.
- His ‘J'ai le coeur plein’ in The Count of Luxemburg is badly written and untuneful to the ear.
- It was the sound of a big man clearing his throat; and just then a hoarse, untuneful voice broke into singing.
- He has converted an untuneful rabble into a disciplined, harmonious, intelligible Orchestra and fortunate will be the band that next obtains his services.
- This is necessary because occasionally tuneful singers will ridicule untuneful ones and tease them about their untunefulness, particularly if the untuneful one is sitting nearby.
- When I was growing up, I associated religious music with school hymns, the most untuneful, dreary things, but many Bach cantatas are incredibly jolly and full of playful flourishes.
- Nowhere are there particular untuneful or heavy sounds, though now and then the music comes with vehemence.
- He took a last look at the shaded green garden and left, whistling in an off key an untuneful air from a roofless farce comedy.
- I think that the Star-Spangled Banner is untuneful, nearly unsingable, and usually played too slowly, so it loses what little character it had to begin with.
- Interrupting his untuneful singing, he gave a wobbly wave and called, ‘Good night’ to some fashionably dressed dummies in a store window.
- A lullaby: your voice, no matter how untuneful, is very soothing to your baby.
- Furthermore, since it is unable to control the striking of the elements, untuneful noisy sounds, therefore, may occur.
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