"unmusical" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unmusical [comparative], most unmusical [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + musical. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|musical}} un- + musical Head templates: {{en-adj}} unmusical (comparative more unmusical, superlative most unmusical)
  1. Not musical: lacking in musical ability.
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  2. Not musical: unmelodic.
    Sense id: en-unmusical-en-adj-NvoOWP5f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (not musical): ἄνομος (ánomos) (Ancient Greek), umusikalsk (Danish), epämusikaalinen (Finnish), άμουσος (ámousos) (Greek), umusikalsk (Norwegian Bokmål), umusikalsk (Norwegian Nynorsk), omusikalisk (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'not musical': 49 51
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