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unlistenable | unlistenably |

As an adjective unlistenable

is of a sound quality or characteristic that a person cannot long listen to.

As an adverb unlistenably is

in an unlistenable way.

unlistenable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (music, acoustics) Of a sound quality or characteristic that a person cannot long listen to.
    • Many older adults find rap music unlistenable .
  • * 1997 , Keith Topping & Martin Day, The Devil Goblins from Neptune , chapter 6, page 69
    • ' you'd prefer some Stravinsky or Stockhausen. Something unlistenable .'

    unlistenably

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an unlistenable way.
  • * {{quote-journal
    • , passage=Specifications for the tuners are quite close: IHF sensitivity (the minimum signal for which the tuner can deliver a 30 db signal-to-noise ratio--unlistenably noisy) is 1.75 microvolts for the Dyna... , page=187 , issue=January 1973 , year=1973 , journal=Popular Mechanics , author=Ivan Berger , title=FM kits: One super turner, one super value , issn=0032-4558 }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , passage=Ayler was deemed unlistenably violent, but his playing was actually what you can hear at the ecstatic peaks of a gospel service. , page=90 , title=Living through pop , author=Andrew Blake , publisher=Routledge , year=1999 , isbn=0415161991}}