Amusical

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not musical.

    "The band alternates male and female lead vocals; when Emily Elizabeth sings she often punctuates whatever needs punctuating with an amusical screech, which gets annoying quick[…"

  2. 2
    Exhibiting amusia.

    "At the meeting, Isabelle Peretz of the University of Montreal reported preliminary results with amusical subjects that may support the hypothesis that the brain contains specific neural pathways for music."

Example

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"The band alternates male and female lead vocals; when Emily Elizabeth sings she often punctuates whatever needs punctuating with an amusical screech, which gets annoying quick[…"

Etymology

From a- + musical.

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