tuneless

Example Sentences

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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

It’s a tuneless ditty that breaks down the oddball activities Bamford engages in to keep dark thoughts at bay.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 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

And Sir Grummore began cackling in a tuneless alto, like thousands of wild geese on the Wash. “Hush! Hush!” cried Sir Palomides.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White