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.