untuned

comparative more untuned · superlative most untuned

1. Of a musical instrument.
   1. entertainmentNot tuned, and thus off-key.
   2. entertainmentNot designed to produce specific pitches.

      Many types of cymbals and drums are untuned.

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      [W]e thinke the Egle-vvinged pride / Of skie-aſpiring and ambitious thoughts, / VVith rituall-hating enuy ſet on you / To vvake our peace, vvhich in our Countries cradle / Dravves the ſvveet infant breath of gentle ſleepe / VVhich ſo rouzde vp vvith boiſtrous vntunde drummes, / And grating ſhocke of vvrathfully yron armes, / Might from our quiet confines fright faire Peace, […]

      1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], signature B3, verso