unamplified
adjective
uk/ˌʌnˈæm.plɪ.faɪd/us/ˌʌnˈæm.plə.faɪd/Unamplifiedsoundshave not beenplayedthrough anamplifier(= anelectricaldevice)inorderto make themlouder:
I reallyenjoylisteningto unamplifiedlivemusic.
Thepowerfailed, and I had to make thepresentationusing just my unamplifiedvoice.
- We onlyallowacousticinstrumentsand unamplifiedvoicesin thecafé.
- Theyproducedarangeof unamplifiedinstrumentsandstartedtoplaysometraditionalfolktunes.
- At onepoint, sheturnedoff themicrophoneandtreatedus to some unamplifiedsinging.
Describing qualities of sound
- audibly
- chuff
- clomp
- consonance
- crackly
- easy on the eye/earidiom
- euphonious
- fullness
- mellifluous
- melodic
- plaintively
- plaintiveness
- plangent
- pure
- raucously
- rhythmic
- sizzling
- timbre
- tinny
- tuneless