Closed-eared
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
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- 1 Reluctant or unwilling to listen to new styles of music.
"Unfortunately, like the nation's government, we have a bunch of closed-eared baffoons running the nation's country music stations thinking they are cool because they have found Alison Krauss and watering down the airwaves with the young -hat, disco, pop mainstream, line-dance crap."
- 2 Uninterested in listening to others; inattentive. rare
"Press-agents delight in recounting to open-mouthed and closed-eared reporters stories of the humble beginnings of the brilliant stars whose orbits they control."
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More examples"Unfortunately, like the nation's government, we have a bunch of closed-eared baffoons running the nation's country music stations thinking they are cool because they have found Alison Krauss and watering down the airwaves with the young -hat, disco, pop mainstream, line-dance crap."
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