unlistenable

English

Etymology

un- +‎ listenable

Adjective

unlistenable (comparative more unlistenable, superlative most unlistenable)

(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

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