tuneless
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She sang more heartily in songs from “Bass Persuades,” which would’ve been better news if that tuneless mishmash of bleary synths and dated club beats weren’t one of the year’s least likable pop records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Entertainment Weekly said "life with the Plastics pretty darn fantastic", but the Hollywood Reporter described the film as a "tuneless mess".
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024
The detective, meanwhile, was microwaving a cup of lukewarm coffee in the break room, whistling something tuneless, and reading a text from his wife:
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2022
You might remember Spears from her songs, belted out in tuneless unison by a gaggle of sixth-grade girls at a sleepover, perhaps, or viewed over and over on MTV.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2021
He worried about Mama’s cheeriness, her tuneless humming, her determination to serve all of Master’s meals, her frequent hushed words to Amala.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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