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unˈtuned, ppl. a.
[un-1 8, or f. untune v.]
1. a. Not tuned; not made tuneful or melodious; also, rendered untuneful.
1592Daniel Delia xxi, Vexing with vntun'd moane her dainty eares. 1594Shakes. Rich. II, i. iii. 134 Rouz'd vp with boystrous vntun'd drummes. 1612Chapman Rev. Bussy d'Ambois i. i, The cities' bells Jangling together in untun'd confusion. 1630Drayton David & Goliah 294 The harmony of the vntuned'st string Torments the spirit which so torments the King. 1702Pope Sappho 229 Untun'd my lute, and silent is my lyre. 1733Satirist 9 For Sat'rists write in so untun'd a Strain, Thy claim no Title to th' harmonious Train. 1773J. Herries Elem. Speech 53 A string in an instrument broken or untuned.
transf.1590Shakes. Com. Err. v. i. 310 That heere my onely sonne Knowes not my feeble key of vntun'd cares. c1626Bosworth To Fairest Lady 5 O that it might have been While she had liv'd, and had my verses seen, Before sad cries deaf'd my untuned ears. 1684Earl Roscom. Ess. Transl. Verse 337, I lose my Patience, when, with Sawcy Pride, By untun'd Ears I hear His Numbers try'd.
b. Not furnished with a tune.
1853Reade Chr. Johnstone 69 The Newhaven men..are agreed that this song lifts them through more work than untuned fishermen can manage.
2. fig. Not brought into, put out of, a state of harmony or concord; disordered.
16022nd Pt. Ret. fr. Parnass. v. i. 1986 With vntaught hand, and with vntuned hart. 1648J. Beaumont Psyche xvii. v, At the first,..when in th' untuned Deep Each Thing was wroth and snarled with his brother. 1687Death's Vision v, The Intellective, Vital Flame..Is Thoughtless struck, and Dies By the Untun'd Contexture of the Un⁓thinking Frame! 1794Godwin Caleb Williams 65 Mr. Tyrrel would have gone also; his mind was untuned. 1805Wordsw. Prelude iv. 145 For cold and raw the air was, and untuned. 1834Macaulay Ess. Pitt ⁋27 When his mind was untuned.
3. Of an electronic device: not tuned to any one frequency; able to deal with signals of a wide range of frequencies. Also transf.
1905Electrician Mar. 822/1 A forest would have great influence in impeding if not in staying altogether the transmission of signals over its surface, more especially in an untuned system. 1962Simpson & Richards Physical Princ. Junction Transistors vii. 136 Small-signal operation in the region beyond cutoff is usually confined to two types of amplifier: 1. The tuned band-pass type... 2. The untuned wide-band or video amplifier. 1978G. Sims Rex Mundi vii. 47 The disorganisation..extended even to the absence of..canned bouzouki music. Instead there was the untuned blare of a radio station. |