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Meanings of unkeyed in English

Portuguese
atonal

Characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality.

atonal
Synonyms
Examples for "atonal"
Examples for "atonal"
1
Ostensibly I am in another room watching a documentary about atonal jazz.
The Guardian
2
The music I listened to for Property was very unpleasant, atonal music.
The Guardian
3
Another time, when they booed an atonal piece, he repeated it immediately.
The World's Great Men of Music: Story-Lives of Master Musicians
4
A harsh, unmusical sound; not an instrument, but an atonal, discordant human voice.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
5
Julie Hill steps inside the loud, drunken and often atonal world of karaoke.
Radio NZ
Usage of unkeyed in English
1
McCaverty unkeyed his microphone, looked at his own fuel gauge and said, "Fuck."
Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
2
They took longer than usual to-night; both of them were unkeyed and had to compose themselves to the affair.
The Second Class Passenger: Fifteen Stories
3
"Miss." Mark ducked his head politely as he unkeyed the security alarm and unlocked the door.
Heart of stone
4
"One-Lincoln-Forty, ten-thirteen, officer needs help, Seventy-ninth Transverse at East Drive, shots fired." She unkeyed the mic and listened.
Heat Rises
Frequent collocations
Translations for unkeyed
Portuguese
atonal
Unkeyed through the time