tone-deaf

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: adjective

unable to hear the difference between musical notes

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

tone-deafEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus tone-deafEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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Is tone-deaf a noun, verb, or something else?

In this entry, tone-deaf is tagged as adjective.

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