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  • adjective Devoid of melody; unmelodic.

Etymologies

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melody +‎ -less

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Examples

  • William Logan's blank face was a memory of horror, but the constant tinkling giggles of Ardith Parker, the studied and concentrated way that Gordon Macklin wove meaningless patterns in the air with his waving fingers, and the rhythmless, melodyless humming that seemed to be all there was to the personality of Robert Cassiday were simply too much for Malone.

    Brain Twister Laurence M. Janifer 1967

  • William Logan's blank face was a memory of horror, but the constant tinkling giggles of Ardith Parker, the studied and concentrated way that Gordon Macklin wove meaningless patterns in the air with his waving fingers, and the rhythmless, melodyless humming that seemed to be all there was to the personality of Robert Cassiday were simply too much for Malone.

    That Sweet Little Old Lady Randall Garrett 1957

  • (July 26 2010) And since I cant play any instruments, I made this a melodyless/tuneless song.

    WN.com - Articles related to As the Lance Armstrong era ends, legal process begins 2010

  • This is a song I wrote on Travis Garland's Birthday (July 26 2010) And since I cant play any instruments, I made this a melodyless/tuneless song.

    WN.com - Articles related to As the Lance Armstrong era ends, legal process begins 2010

  • His Music was AWFUL: bottom line ... applause for the show, but no one is going to listen to the melodyless garbage.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Cathal Kelly 2009

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