It felt a bit like going into warp drive with a badly tuned engine.

A badly tuned antenna can produce enough reflected power to damage the transmitter.

When it's wrong we also know - it jags on the ear like a badly tuned musical instrument.

It's like the whole world is a badly tuned engine.

We sound like a couple of badly tuned transistor radios.

He participated in the Feis of 1912 but was let down by a badly tuned instrument.

The sound of the engine clattered like a badly tuned plane.

The cheering of the crowd was like sounds that might come through on a badly tuned radio station.

I The doors to the saloon opened, and he could hear the sounds of a badly tuned piano coming from inside.

"Please," it said, its voice like a badly tuned calliope.