Tone-deafness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition or quality of being tone-deaf.; Being unable to recognize and match pitches. uncountable
  2. 2
    The condition or quality of being tone-deaf.; Being out of touch, out of sync, or oblivious. uncountable

    "Near-synonyms: unattunedness, obliviousness"

Synonyms

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obliviousnesstin earunattunedness

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"Near-synonyms: unattunedness, obliviousness"

Etymology

From tone-deaf + -ness.

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