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Definition of Tuneless
1. Adjective. Not having a musical sound or pleasing tune.
Definition of Tuneless
1. a. Without tune; inharmonious; unmusical.
Definition of Tuneless
1. Adjective. having no pleasing tune; not tuneful ¹
2. Adjective. silent or mute ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tuneless
1. not tuneful [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuneless
Literary usage of Tuneless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1836)
"... and temple crowd :— Where on the sultry wind for ever swells The thunder of
ten thousand tuneless bells, While priestly drones in hourly pageant pass, ..."
2. Bothwell: A Tragedy by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1874)
"Ay, such a note should fit me for this time; After the tuneless toil of talking
day A light song lightly brings ill thoughts asleep. ..."
3. The Iron Trail: A Sketch by Andrew Carpenter Wheeler (1876)
"... measureless stillness of desolation settles upon us,—here where the garish
hours hang heavy in the luxurious monotony, even the atmosphere is tuneless, ..."
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