Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Destitute of rhythm.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Being without rhythm.

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  • adjective Without rhythm.

Etymologies

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From rhythm + -less.

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Examples

  • In its formal definitions, America has always been a rhythmless nation.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • Keshari laughed to herself as Misha shimmied to the music, teasing her rhythmless giant of a partner as she strategically rubbed parts of herself against him and then danced away again.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • Keshari laughed to herself as Misha shimmied to the music, teasing her rhythmless giant of a partner as she strategically rubbed parts of herself against him and then danced away again.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • Think of all those late night Beat Era sessions at which Allen Ginsberg or Jack Kerouac read his verse—sometimes good in the first case, mostly bad in the second—to some tenor sax player's rhythmless noodling.

    Poetry and Jazz, Strange Bedmates, Sated at Last Con Chapman 2011

  • Keshari laughed to herself as Misha shimmied to the music, teasing her rhythmless giant of a partner as she strategically rubbed parts of herself against him and then danced away again.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • Keshari laughed to herself as Misha shimmied to the music, teasing her rhythmless giant of a partner as she strategically rubbed parts of herself against him and then danced away again.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • The result is an a rhythmless, out-of-tune a capella rendition featuring Seacrest's squeaky vocals and some unfortunate stuttering from King.

    VIDEO: Larry King, Ryan Seacrest Duet on Lady Gaga 2010

  • Reality TV Octomom Kate Gosselin was finally voted off Dancing With the Stars on Tuesday after five weeks of rhythmless robotics that made the tabloid darling one of the most critically-panned hoofers to appear on the show since Master P.

    Kate Gosselin Diva Drama Hits “Dancing With The Stars” 2010

  • Rivers described the first four games of this our-turn-your-turn series as "rhythmless."

    Celtics DESTROY Cavs, Put LeBron On Brink Of Elimination 2010

  • Specifically, bongo drums played by some kind of dirty, rhythmless hippy at a party.

    Archive 2007-03-01 lili 2007

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