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Tin Ear

nounid 148225·updated May 18, 2026
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insensitivity to the appropriateness or subtlety of language

polysemousMWE

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
tone deafness
plural
Tin Ears
possessive
Tin Ear's
pluralpossessive
Tin Ears'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
insensitivity to the appropriateness or subtlety of language
§2
an inability to distinguish differences in pitch
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
insensitivity to the appropriateness or subtlety of language
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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