unlistenable
English edit
Etymology edit
un- + listenable
Adjective edit
unlistenable (comparative more unlistenable, superlative most unlistenable)
- (music, acoustics) Of a sound quality or characteristic that a person cannot long listen to.
- Many older adults find rap music unlistenable.
- 1997, Keith Topping, Martin Day, chapter 6, in The Devil Goblins from Neptune, page 69:
- ' […] you'd prefer some Stravinsky or Stockhausen. Something unlistenable.'
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
not suitable for being listened to
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