unlistenable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ listenable.

Adjective

unlistenable (comparative more unlistenable, superlative most unlistenable)

1. (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, chapter 6, in The Devil Goblins from Neptune, page 69:

     ' […] you'd prefer some Stravinsky or Stockhausen. Something unlistenable.'

Derived terms

• unlistenability

Translations

not suitable for being listened to

• Finnish: kuuntelukelvoton, mahdoton kuunnella
• French: inaudible (fr), inécoutable (fr) (rare)
• Hungarian: hallgathatatlan
• Italian: inascoltabile
• Polish: nie do słuchania
• Romanian: neascultabil, de neascultat