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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