tone-deaf
adjective
uk/ˌtəʊnˈdef/us/ˌtoʊnˈdef/Someone who is tone-deaf is notabletorecognizedifferentnotesorsingtunesaccurately:
不能辨别音高的I'm notquitetone-deaf, but asingingcareerhas never been something I'veconsidered.
disapproving
notunderstandinghowpeoplefeelabout something, or what isneededin aparticularsituation:
Manypoliticiansare tone-deaftothe anxieties of theaveragevoter.
People in thestreetshere areangryabout his tone-deafresponseto thecriticisms.
- He alwaysknewhe couldn'tcarryatune. But is hegenuinelytone-deaf, or just offkey?
- Why was thisspectacularlytone-deafsingerabletoheadlinea sold-outconcertat Carnegie Hall in 1944?
- Shecomplainsthat the store'smanagementhas been tone-deaf when it comes to women'sissues.
- Themayorisobviouslytone-deaf when it comes tolegitimatecitizens'grievances.
- Thechiefexecutivegave aninterviewwhichincludedsomebreathtakinglytone-deafremarksabout thecrisis.
Writing, reading & studying music
- anti-musical
- bar
- canon
- canonical
- compose
- composition
- compositional
- musical
- musically
- musicologist
- musicology
- non-musical
- orchestrate
- reorchestration
- rescore
- setting
- sheet music
- sight-read
- sight-reading
- unmusical
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