tuneless

tuneless
tunelessly, adv.
/toohn"lis, tyoohn"-/, adj.
1. unmelodious; unmusical.
2. making or giving no music; silent: In the corner stood a tuneless old piano.
[1585-95; TUNE + -LESS]

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