What does unmusical mean?

Definitions for unmusical
ʌnˈmyu zɪ kəlun·mu·si·cal

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word unmusical.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unmusical, nonmusicaladjective

    lacking interest in or talent for music

    "too unmusical to care for concerts"; "it is unfortunate that her children were all nonmusical"

  2. unmusical, nonmusicaladjective

    not musical in nature

    "the unmusical cry of the bluejay"

  3. unmelodious, unmelodic, unmusicaladjective

    lacking melody

Wiktionary

  1. unmusicaladjective

    Not musical: lacking in musical ability.

  2. unmusicaladjective

    Not musical: unmelodic.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unmusicaladjective

    Not harmonious; not pleasing by sound.

    Let argument bear no unmusical sound,
    Nor jars interpose, sacred friendship to grieve. Ben Jonson.

    One man’s ambition wants satisfaction, another’s avarice, a third’s spleen; and this discord makes up the very unmusical harmony of our murmurs. Decay of Piety.

ChatGPT

  1. unmusical

    Unmusical refers to someone or something that lacks musical ability, skill, or characteristics. It may refer to sounds that are not melodious or harmonious, or a person who is unable to appreciate or create music.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Unmusical

    un-mū′zi-kal, adj. not musical or harmonious: not skilled in music.—n. Unmusical′ity.—adv. Unmū′sically.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unmusical in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unmusical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of unmusical in a Sentence

  1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

    The angels are so enamoured of the language that is spoken in heaven, that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether there be any who understand it or not.

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