UNMUSICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unmusical mean? 

• UNMUSICAL (adjective)
  The adjective UNMUSICAL has 3 senses:

1. lacking interest in or talent for music

2. not musical in nature

3. lacking melody

  Familiarity information: UNMUSICAL used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNMUSICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lacking interest in or talent for music

Synonyms:

nonmusical; unmusical

Context example:

it is unfortunate that her children were all nonmusical

Antonym:

musical (talented in or devoted to music)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not musical in nature

Synonyms:

nonmusical; unmusical

Context example:

the unmusical cry of the bluejay

Attribute:

musicality; musicalness (the property of sounding like music)

Antonym:

musical (characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Lacking melody

Synonyms:

unmelodic; unmelodious; unmusical

 Context examples 

He roared out the catch in a harsh, unmusical voice, and ended with a shout of laughter.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Though unmusical, German is the most expressive of all languages,” he observed when Von Bork had stopped from pure exhaustion.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)