untune verb1 •To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action.How could communities, […] / Prerogative of age, crowns, sceptres, laurels, / But by degree, stand in authentic place? / Take but degree away, untune that string, / And, hark, what discord follows! — 1602 formsuntuned · untuning · untunes