Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In music, noting a piece or passage, actual or hypothetical, that cannot be sung.
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- adjective Not
singable ; impossible tosing .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sometimes this is the case but many times it is something both literally unspeakable and unsingable.
Susanne Mentzer: The Unsingable Susanne Mentzer 2011
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The Star-Spangled Banner is notoriously unsingable.
Question of the Day 2009
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Sometimes this is the case but many times it is something both literally unspeakable and unsingable.
Susanne Mentzer: The Unsingable Susanne Mentzer 2011
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But Siegfried in the opera that bears his name would probably be the consensus choice among opera buffs for the most unsingable role in the repertory.
The Kirov ‘Ring’: A Tough Role, but Somebody Has to Do It - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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But Siegfried in the opera that bears his name would probably be the consensus choice among opera buffs for the most unsingable role in the repertory.
The Kirov ‘Ring’: A Tough Role, but Somebody Has to Do It - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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I further promise to smile with good-natured indulgence when the news-media mispronounce my name, and also to change the national anthem from the totally unsingable "Star Spangled Banner" to the much more melodious and overtly patriotic "America the Beautiful."
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I further promise to smile with good-natured indulgence when the news-media mispronounce my name, and also to change the national anthem from the totally unsingable "Star Spangled Banner" to the much more melodious and overtly patriotic "America the Beautiful."
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KDFC and San Francisco Opera are giving you the chance to take a shot at our unsingable national anthem; the reward is that if you win, you get to sing it at Giants Stadium before the simulcast of Il Trovatore on September 19.
Archive 2009-08-01 Lisa Hirsch 2009
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I further promise to smile with good-natured indulgence when the news-media mispronounce my name, and also to change the national anthem from the totally unsingable "Star Spangled Banner" to the much more melodious and overtly patriotic "America the Beautiful."
Bill Clinton Touts "The 1990s" In New South Carolina Radio Ad For Hillary 2009
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I further promise to smile with good-natured indulgence when the news-media mispronounce my name, and also to change the national anthem from the totally unsingable "Star Spangled Banner" to the much more melodious and overtly patriotic "America the Beautiful."
Obama Memo: Hillary "Pulling Out All The Stops" To Win South Carolina 2009
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