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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tone deafness, tin earnoun

    an inability to distinguish differences in pitch

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  1. tone deafness

    Tone deafness, also known as amusia, is a musical disability that prevents a person from accurately perceiving, distinguishing, or reproducing pitch, tone or melodies. It's not necessarily related to an individual's general hearing ability. This condition can prevent a person from identifying differences in musical notes or even replicating a simple tune.

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  1. Tone deafness

    Tone deafness is the lack of relative pitch, or the inability to distinguish between musical notes that is not due to the lack of musical training or education. Tone deafness is also known variously as amusia, tune deafness, "tin ear", dysmelodia and dysmusia.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tone deafness in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tone deafness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of tone deafness in a Sentence

  1. Chuck Grassley:

    Continuing to push this nominee after signing that bill into law is the very definition of tone deafness, unfortunately, the Biden administration is sending a message to victims of sexual harassment in the workplace that they’ll only be believed when politically convenient.


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