tin ear

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tin ear

n. Informal

An insensitivity to music or to sounds of a given kind: a writer with a tin ear for dialogue.

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Noun	1.	tin ear - an inability to distinguish differences in pitch tone deafness deafness, hearing loss - partial or complete loss of hearing
	2.	tin ear - insensitivity to the appropriateness or subtlety of language; "he has a tin ear for dialogue" insensitiveness, insensitivity - the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

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