Definition of untoned in English:
untoned
adjectiveʌnˈtəʊndˌənˈtōnd
1(of a person's body) lacking in tone or muscular definition.
the menswear shows are invaded by a gang of geeky, untoned male models
Example sentencesExamples
- Oh, and I can't forget the volleyball scene, which saw 4 rather untoned guys playing in slow motion, with an off stage actor going ‘donk’ every time the ball was hit.
- From what angle should the picture be taken to best disguise my untoned contours?
- Images of matronly school teachers writing on chalkboards as their untoned arms jiggle and sag would make anyone want to train her tri's 24 / 7.
- Shop girls tend just to look pained and bemused when you ask if there are any trousers in stock that rise a bit higher, since they're oblivious to the exigencies of approaching middle age and the effects of gravity on untoned flesh.
- With stooped shoulders and arms strategically placed to conceal unwisely revealed untoned tummies, the streakily applied fake tan denotes that the future is clearly both bright and orange.
2(especially of music) lacking in variation of tone or subtlety.
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- This untoned print illustrates the Lith print characteristic of printing ‘soft in the highlights, hard in the shadows'.
- He cautions that partial toning or split-toning with selenium will leave the untoned portion of the print unprotected, as the selenium preferentially tones finer grains of silver in high-density areas of the print first.
- He sings poorly on ‘Will You Smile Again’ as he does throughout Worlds Apart, but here he turns his biggest challenge into a compelling performance, letting the notes explode into untoned gutturals when they outstretch his range.
- Every tone-syllable with the cadence that follows and the untoned syllable that precedes makes one metre.