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tone-deaf

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Adjective

  1. Unable to clearly distinguish the difference in pitch between different notes.
  2. Having little or a shallow or banal appreciation of music, whether or not as a result of tone deafness.
  3. Out of touch with the experience of ordinary people.
  4. Insensitive and offensive as a result of not noticing the current social context.
  5. Alternative form of tone-deaf.

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