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unlistenable

unlistenable adjective: of a sound, quality, or characteristic, that a person cannot listen to for an extended time.

Adjective

unlistenable (comparative more unlistenable, superlative most unlistenable)

  1. (acoustics) Of a sound, quality, or characteristic, that a person cannot listen to for an extended time.
    • Many older adults find rap music unlistenable.
    • '[…] you'd prefer some Stravinsky or Stockhausen. Something unlistenable.'1997, Keith Topping, Martin Day, chapter 6, in The Devil Goblins from Neptune, page 69

Forms of unlistenable

comparativemore unlistenable
superlativemost unlistenable

Origin of unlistenable

From un- + listenable.

Words formed from unlistenable

Questions about unlistenable

What does unlistenable mean?
Unlistenable means of a sound, quality, or characteristic, that a person cannot listen to for an extended time.
What part of speech is unlistenable?
Unlistenable is an adjective.

Words near unlistenable in the dictionary

  1. unlist
  2. unlistable
  3. unlisted
  4. unlisten
  5. unlistenability
  6. unlistenable
  7. unlistenably
  8. unlistened
  9. unlistening
  10. unlistens
  11. unlisting

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