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untuned

untuned adjective: not tuned, and thus off-key.

Adjective

untuned (comparative more untuned, superlative most untuned)

  1. Not tuned, and thus off-key.
  2. Not designed to produce specific pitches.
    • Many types of cymbals and drums are untuned.
    • [W]e thinke the Egle-vvinged pride / Of skie-aſpiring and ambitious thoughts, / VVith rituall-hating enuy ſet on you / To vvake our peace, vvhich in our Countries cradle / Dravves the ſvveet infant breath of gentle ſleepe / VVhich ſo rouzde vp vvith boiſtrous vntunde drummes, / And grating ſhocke...1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597...

untuned meaning in Tamil

untuned in Tamil

சுருதி கூட்டாத

Forms of untuned

comparativemore untuned
superlativemost untuned

Origin of untuned

From un- + tuned.

Questions about untuned

What does untuned mean?
Untuned means not tuned, and thus off-key.
What is untuned in Tamil?
Untuned in Tamil is சுருதி கூட்டாத. See Untuned meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is untuned?
Untuned is an adjective.

Words near untuned in the dictionary

  1. untunably
  2. untune
  3. untuneable
  4. untuneableness
  5. untuneably
  6. untuned
  7. untuneful
  8. untunefully
  9. untunefulness
  10. untunes
  11. untuning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: untuned (page history and authors); untuned (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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