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untuning

untuning is the present participle and gerund of untune.

Meaning of untune

Verb

untune (third-person singular simple present untunes, present participle untuning, simple past and past participle untuned)

  1. (transitive) To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action.
    • How could communities, […] / Prerogative of age, crowns, sceptres, laurels, / But by degree, stand in authentic place? / Take but degree away, untune that string, / And, hark, what discord follows!c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    Synonyms:
    detune, distune

Questions about untuning

What is untuning the present participle and gerund of?
Untuning is the present participle and gerund of untune.

Words near untuning in the dictionary

  1. untuned
  2. untuneful
  3. untunefully
  4. untunefulness
  5. untunes
  6. untuning
  7. untunneled
  8. untunnelled
  9. untupped
  10. unturbaned
  11. unturbanned

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