unmusical
/ʌnˈmjuːzɪk(ə)l
/adjective
1Not pleasing to the ear: a loud, unmusical noise...
- Noise can be described as any loud or unmusical or disagreeable sound that is prolonged and can be damaging or deafening to the ear.
- Their songs were too long, and were made up of loops created on the laptop utilising the most unmusical discordant sounds imaginable.
- As we walked into the Leas Club a loud, unmusical tune struck up.
2Unskilled in or indifferent to music: even a decidedly unmusical teenager can get involved with music...
- As one partook in the invitation to ‘push buttons to rock out,’ even the most unmusical of people could become genius music makers.
- After the show one is eager to agree with Paul Bowles (as quoted by Ondaatje): ‘The Singhalese are probably the most unmusical people in the world.’
- have never thought about this as I am so totally unmusical, a bit like Steve Martin's character in ‘the jerk'. Although having said that, I love music.
Derivatives
unmusicality
- Musical ability: beliefs about the causes of unmusicality and tone deafness.
- Somehow, despite all its deliberate unmusicality, much of Wolf Pack Days is catchy, even toe-tappingly groovy.
- At least I was able to blame the sheer unmusicality of the piece on the composer and not the quartet, who consistently showed an unparalleled level of musicianship.
unmusically
- All the rating scales were found to be significant predictors for the unity ratings of musically and unmusically trained participants.
- They stand around in throngs, calling unmusically into their cell phones and alternatively picking their noses or scratching their bums.
- What about folk singer sadists who wheeze them unmusically into a microphone for 16 bars when they run out of verses?