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Adjective: tone-deaf  town def
  1. Unable to distinguish between different musical notes or tones
    "A great many people are tone-deaf"
     
  2. Insensitive or unresponsive to social or cultural attitudes
    "His tone-deaf response to the crisis damaged his reputation"

See also: deaf

Encyclopedia: Tone-deaf