amusical

English

Etymology

a- +‎ musical.

Adjective

amusical (comparative more amusical, superlative most amusical)

1. Not musical.
   • 2006 February 24, Liz Armstrong, Monica Kendrick, Peter Margasak, Brian Nemtusak, J. Niimi, “The Treatment”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     The band alternates male and female lead vocals; when Emily Elizabeth sings she often punctuates whatever needs punctuating with an amusical screech, which gets annoying quick […] .

2. (neuroscience) Exhibiting amusia.
   • 2001 June 1, Michael Balter, “What Makes the Mind Dance and Count”, in Science‎^[2], volume 292, number 5522, →DOI, pages 1636–1637:

     At the meeting, Isabelle Peretz of the University of Montreal reported preliminary results with amusical subjects that may support the hypothesis that the brain contains specific neural pathways for music.