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unlistenable

adj

Etymology

From un- + listenable.

  1. derived from *ḱlew-✻ — “to hear”
  2. inherited from *hlusēną✻
  3. inherited from *hlusnijaną✻
  4. inherited from hlysnan — “to listen”
  5. inherited from listenen
  6. suffixed as listenable — “listen + able”
  7. prefixed as unlistenable — “un + listenable”

Definitions

  1. Of a sound, quality, or characteristic, that a person cannot listen to for an extended…

    Of a sound, quality, or characteristic, that a person cannot listen to for an extended time.

    • Many older adults find rap music unlistenable.
    • '[…] you'd prefer some Stravinsky or Stockhausen. Something unlistenable.'

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unlistenable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA