Definitions

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  • adjective Not musical; unrelated to music
  • noun A production that is not a musical.

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  • adjective not musical in nature
  • adjective lacking interest in or talent for music

Etymologies

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non- +‎ musical

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Examples

  • There is no longer any doubt that there is a significant link between early music instruction and cognitive growth in certain other, "nonmusical" abilities, such as math, memory, and spatial-temporal reasoning.

    The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories Lisa Fultz 2010

  • There is no longer any doubt that there is a significant link between early music instruction and cognitive growth in certain other, "nonmusical" abilities, such as math, memory, and spatial-temporal reasoning.

    The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories Lisa Fultz 2010

  • It is difficult to predict how audiences will respond to having well-known nonmusical material transformed into a musical stage production.

    Telling 'Tales' for the Musical Stage Geoffrey A. Fowler 2011

  • This had happened before, of course, with "Showboat" and others, but it was Hammerstein who deliberately elevated the nonmusical parts of the musical.

    "Showtime," Larry Stempel's history of Broadway musicals, reviewed by Lloyd Rose Lloyd Rose 2010

  • As he started his own family and encouraged his children to study, Rabbi Wall took the burden upon himself, too, to study the faith, eventually spending equal time on music and torah and attracting recognition for his nonmusical work.

    Praying to His Strength Tad Hendrickson 2011

  • From a distance, the show at Feinstein's this week appears to be a musical tribute to a nonmusical icon—the most famous face in the history of American culture.

    The Jazz Scene: Big Bands and Bombshells Will Friedwald 2011

  • This had happened before, of course, with "Showboat" and others, but it was Hammerstein who deliberately elevated the nonmusical parts of the musical.

    "Showtime," Larry Stempel's history of Broadway musicals, reviewed by Lloyd Rose Lloyd Rose 2010

  • Mr. Gibbs's "Season in the Sun," a fluffy comedy that ran for 367 performances, is the last nonmusical play by an American drama critic to have opened on Broadway.

    He Knew What He Liked—Not Much Terry Teachout 2012

  • Then on Thursday, the exotic chanteuse Sigali Hamberger constructs a one-woman show in tribute to a largely nonmusical icon, Ava Gardner , the most high-glam and mysterious of Hollywood heroines.

    Blues From Brazil to China Will Friedwald 2011

  • In July, the network announced the return of its '90s animated classic "Beavis and Butthead," which helped usher in an era of nonmusical programming and gradually led MTV away from its core mission of showcasing popular music.

    Music Television Makes Online Bet Andy Beta 2011

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