unmusical

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un·mu·si·cal | \ ˌən-ˈmyü-zi-kəl

Definition of unmusical

: not musical: such as

a : not musical in nature : harsh, discordant an unmusical voice the unmusical call of the bluejay

b : not gifted in or appreciative of music Both Dick and Carolyn were married, to unmusical spouses …— John Updike

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unmusically \ ˌən-ˈmyü-zi-k(ə-)lē

\ adverb

… a traveller on foot, who walked with a light quick step, and sang as he went—for certain in a very loud voice, but not unmusically. — Charles Dickens

Examples of unmusical in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web His parents were unmusical Russian-Jewish immigrants who ran various businesses with mixed success. — The Economist, 3 Oct. 2019 Paradoxically, then, the man most involved in the development of the electric guitar was the unmusical Leo Fender. — David Kirby, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2019 The controversy of Schoenberg’s serialist works—the overwhelming reaction to them as ugly, nightmarish, simply unmusical—shows how firmly tonality had come to condition habits of listening. — Paul Grimstad, The New Republic, 21 June 2018

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