unmusical

Questions about unmusical

What does unmusical mean?

unmusical means "lacking interest in or talent for music". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unmusical?

unmusical has 4 syllables and divides as un-mu-si-cal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for unmusical?

Close synonyms include nonmusical, nonmusical, unmelodious, unmelodic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of unmusical?

The recorded antonyms are musical, musical.

Is unmusical a common word?

unmusical is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.