🙉 No musical ability 🔇 Without music

musicless

7.5

Not able to sing, play, keep a steady rhythm, or enjoy music

adjective
/ˈmjuːzɪkləs/

: sin música

Although his family loved to sing, he felt completely musicless and avoided joining in.

Examples

He is quite musicless when it comes to playing instruments.
Some people are naturally gifted, while others remain musicless despite their efforts.
Her musicless childhood made her appreciate concerts even more as an adult.
Don't be so musicless! Try to enjoy the concert.
Even though she loves art, she feels completely musicless and cannot tell if a song is good or bad.
Growing up in a household that rarely played music, he often described himself as musicless compared to his friends.
During the rhythm game, her lack of coordination made her feel even more musicless than usual.

Synonyms

tuneless

vsmusicless

1 5.3

A sound that does not have a pleasant tune when sung

is about a person's lack of rhythm, skill, or appreciation

tone-deaf

vsmusicless

1 7.0

Unable to hear or sing the right notes in music

includes that but adds lack of rhythm and general appreciation

unmusical

vsmusicless

1 5.3

Not able to sing or play music well

is about lacking rhythm, ability, and appreciation rather than mere interest

nonmusical

vsmusicless

4.2

A person who is not interested in or good at music

focuses more on missing practical skills and wider appreciation

Antonyms

musical

190 2.2

Being naturally talented at playing music

How Musical

virtuosic

1 8.4

musical

190 2.2

unmusical

1 5.3

musicless

7.5

tone-deaf

1 7.0

Surface Forms

musicless positive

Morphology

musicless = music (transparent) = music + less

Formed by the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without', so the adjective 'without music' or 'not musical' is directly derivable from 'music'.

Etymology

Musicless is made from music and the ending -less, which means 'without' and appears in words like hopeless. Music comes from a Greek idea about the 'Muses', the old figures of song, so musicless means 'without musical skill or feeling', used for someone who cannot sing or enjoy music.