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unidiomatic
adjective
(alsoun-idiomatic)uk /ˌʌn.ɪd.i.əˈmæt.ɪk/ us /ˌʌn.ɪd.i.əˈmæt̬.ɪk/
(of language, music) not sounding natural as well as correct:
The following sentence does seem curiously unidiomatic to me.
I thought his performance was excessively gloomy, and his German unidiomatic.
Even when the conjunction is not required, its use is never unidiomatic or wrong.
The standards of playing are extremely impressive, yet the resulting effect sounds unidiomatic to my ears.
The singer's unidiomatic enunciation made her just another instrumental colour blended into the orchestral texture.
His conducting gave us an unidiomatic plod through a score that should dance and sparkle.
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