MEANING
Unpleasantly unmusical or lacking a clear melody.
Use it for
humming with no recognizable melody; singing noticeably out of pitch; unmusical whistling in a scene
Words that belong together
- tuneless whistling
- a tuneless hum
- tuneless singing
On the page
His tuneless whistling stopped whenever anyone approached the gate.
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- tuneless
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Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more tuneless; superlative most tuneless when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.
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