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tone-deafness

noun — 2 senses

tone-deafness

noun

Etymology From tone-deaf + -ness.

› The condition or quality of being tone-deaf.

1

Being unable to recognize and match pitches.

2

Being out of touch, out of sync, or oblivious.

  • Near-synonyms: unattunedness, obliviousness

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.