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Meanings of tuneless in English

Portuguese
desafinado
Spanish
áspero

Not having a musical sound or pleasing tune.

desafinado
Usage of tuneless in English
1
Remember the year we sent a tuneless, squawking turkey as our representative?
The Irish Times
2
Alas, no answers present themselves in the dull, tuneless, prosaic final product.
The Irish Times
3
Then he was among them, chanting still in the deep, tuneless voice.
The darkest road
4
If tuneless and bad, the public will not fail to condemn him.
Life in the Clearings versus the Bush
5
Her voice was tuneless, and yet it had a strange, piteous poignancy.
The Judgment House
6
Again mounting, he rode swiftly away, singing a loud and tuneless song.
Roads of Destiny
7
At that moment Van Gundy launched into a new tuneless tune:
Speaks the Nightbird
8
Round the corner of the house a voice was lifted in tuneless song.
The Big-Town Round-Up
9
His tuneless singing on the gentler Talk About It isn't great.
The Guardian
10
Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes' tuneless strains set alongside an occasional brawl.
From a Certain Point of View
11
Beaudry followed orders in a tuneless voice that hopped gayly up and down.
The Sheriff's Son
12
The arms lifted her higher, and a tuneless whine chased away her dreams.
Iron lace
13
Toshiko was whistling to herself: a tuneless lament that grated on his nerves.
Slow decay
14
She hummed a tuneless crooning murmur while she worked, and her thoughts wandered.
The Valley of Horses
15
Captain Nadu started his tuneless humming once more, then abruptly stopped.
The Cylons’ Secret
16
It was a dismal service, with its dreary sermon and its tuneless hymns.
John Wesley, Jr. / The Story of an Experiment
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Translations for tuneless
Portuguese
desafinado
Spanish
áspero
Tuneless through the time
Tuneless across language varieties
United Kingdom
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