nonmusical

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adjective

Not musical; unrelated to music

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unmusical
OriginEnglish musical ← Middle English non- ← Old English nān- →
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Meanings

adjectivenonmusical (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot musical; unrelated to music

    Some marketers are hiring musicians for nonmusical tasks.

    2009 February 6, Stuart Elliott, “Commercials and Musicians Share the Need to Be Heard”, in New York Times
nounnonmusical (plural nonmusicals)

plural nonmusicals

  1. A production that is not a musical.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivelacking interest in or talent for music

Similar
unmusical

adjectivenot musical in nature

Similar
unmusical
Also see
unmusical

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Englishmusical
  15. Englishnonmusical

From non- + musical.

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Cite this entry
APA

nonmusical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmusical

MLA

“nonmusical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmusical. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonmusical,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmusical.

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