📚 adj • entry_id 29301
tone-deaf
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sin oído musical
Unable to clearly distinguish the difference in pitch between different notes.
Although he was tone-deaf, he was a great lyricist.
This is a distinction unavailable to the tone-deaf.
desubicado
Out of touch with the experience of ordinary people.
The elected official's tone-deaf remarks about the operations of the clerk’s office were disappointing.
a politician's tone-deaf remarks about the price of bread
insensible
Insensitive and offensive as a result of not noticing the current social context.
Otherwise, saying “N-word” is plenty accurate; I knew exactly what you meant. And arguing for your need to use an explosive term, when a common euphemism will do, makes you seem de…
The campaign – which Fast Company described as “eyebrow-raising”, “controversial” and “tone-deaf” – did not land well.
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