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UNMODULATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unmodulated mean?
• UNMODULATED (adjective)
The adjective UNMODULATED has 1 sense:
1. characterized by lack of variation in pitch, tone, or volume
Familiarity information: UNMODULATED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by lack of variation in pitch, tone, or volume
Context example:
he lectured in an unmodulated voice edged with hysteria
Similar:
flat; monotone; monotonic; monotonous (sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch)
Antonym:
modulated (changed or adjusted in pitch, tone, or volume)
Context examples
I am sure you must have been struck by his awkward look and abrupt manner, and the uncouthness of a voice which I heard to be wholly unmodulated as I stood here.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
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