/?t?n ??rd/showinganinabilitytoappreciate(= toenjoyand make goodjudgmentsabout)musicor the way that wordssound:He haspromisedthat by thetimetheWorldCupfinalscome around nextyearhis tin-earedteamwill beabletosingthenationalanthem.Even if you can makesenseof theterribleplot, you willhatethe tin-eareddialogue.showinganinabilitytounderstandpeople'sfeelingsasexpressedin what they are saying or doing:Businesses are often tin-eared whenhearingcomplaints.More examples
Thecostumeslookbeautiful, but themusicalarrangementsand tin-earedlyricsare anauralinsult.
Listening isn't alwayseasy. A University of California-Los Angelespsychologisthasconductedstudiesthat might beinstructivefor tin-earedhusbands.
Theorganizationboastsa tin-earedmissionstatement: "Serving citizen-consumers in thedigitalage."
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