unsingable

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adjective

Not singable; impossible to sing.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveunsingable (comparative more unsingable, superlative most unsingable)

comparative more unsingable · superlative most unsingable

  1. Not singable; impossible to sing.

    Whether it is that people don't know the tunes, or that these tunes are virtually unsingable, I don't know. The question is: did our fathers sing them with any enthusiasm?

    1979, J. Pierre Malan, Human Sciences Research Council, South African music encyclopedia: Volume 3

Origin

Translations

Catalan incantable
  • incantableimpossible to sing
French inchantable
  • inchantableimpossible to sing
Spanish incantable
  • incantableimpossible to sing

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