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unmusical

[uhn-myoo-zi-kuhl] / ʌnˈmju zɪ kəl /


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This summer, in fact, unmusical jumpy video is at all times disconcerting.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2025

In one, the diabetic Ivana unhesitatingly devours sweet desserts; in another, though completely unmusical, she performs an unknown violin composition like a virtuoso.

From Washington Post Jun. 1, 2022

To prevent listeners from being disoriented by the otherwise unmusical plot suddenly switching to song, the music is always placed at the end of an episode; the same is true of Coss’ show.

From The Verge Nov. 9, 2021

It’s an immature and startlingly unmusical simulation of vulnerability, a stagey piece of manipulation that doesn’t even seem sure of whom or what it’s trying to manipulate.

From Slate Feb. 27, 2019

Whatever else Mrs. Clarke intended to say was drowned out by the rising wail of a most unpleasant sound—high-pitched, unhinged, emanating from the vicinity of the piano yet entirely unmusical.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood




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