tone-deaf
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Noun
tone-deaf noun
- Tone-deaf people, as a group.“a distinction unavailable to the tone-deaf”
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tone-deaf adjective
- Unable to clearly distinguish the difference in pitch between different notes.
- Having little appreciation of music, whether or not as a result of tone deafness.
- Out of touch with the experience of ordinary people.“The elected official's tone-deaf remarks about the operations of the clerk’s office were disappointing”
- Insensitive and offensive as a result of not noticing the current social context.
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deafstone-deafstone deaftimbrelessatonaldeaf as a posttonelessdeaf as a doorknobnonhearingtunelesshearinglessflatsemideafdeaf as a doorpostsoundlessdeaf-mute
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