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Usage of tone-deaf in English

If I weren't tone-deaf I'd crack Language and maybe I'd settle down. 
 Dogs of war 

We were belligerently tone-deaf; he came to school with his clarinet. 
 The Sense of an Ending 

For he was one of those people who are completely tone-deaf. 
 The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke 

He who pays the tone-deaf drummer calls the tunes and all of that. 
 The Irish Times 

Just look at the heavy-handed, tone-deaf response to the "Free Gaza" ships. 
 Wired 

It just picked a deeply tone-deaf way to demonstrate that. 
 The Guardian 

When I'd finished he looked at me as though I'd said Elvis was tone-deaf. 
 Speaking in Bones 

Something to look forward to. Fritz was tone-deaf to irony. 
 A fierce radiance: a novel 

The tone-deaf, scarcely-believable remark has caused an almighty upheaval on the social networking site. 
 The South African 

Trish had never heard Golden sing before, had always assumed him to be tone-deaf. 
 The lonely polygamist: a novel 

I mean, I know I'm as tone-deaf as a cat with a head cold. 
 Sister Mine 

But this tweet comes across as really tone-deaf & cruel. 
 News.com.au 

Edward is tone-deaf, and he-She stopped, looking stricken. 
 In for a penny 

You'll be able to play along with the band, even if you're a tone-deaf klutz. 
 Wired 

Mrs. Sharp, being tone-deaf herself, nodded and smiled while he played, and encouraged him greatly. 
 Charmed Life 

I worry that sounds off, like the emotionally tone-deaf insights of a stereotypical tech baron. 
 Wired 

Meanings of tone-deaf in English