Translations for „tone-deaf“ in the English » German Dictionary

tone-ˈdeaf ADJ

to be tone-deaf

unmusikalisch sein

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to save one's life Samantha is tone deaf — she can't carry a tune to save her life

Samantha hat kein Gehör für Töne — sie kann beim besten Willen keine Melodie halten

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It's often hard to tell if these claims are tone-deaf, disingenuous, or both.

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But her tone-deaf inability to see our special situation is very worrying.

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She is energetic and excitable, and she likes to sing despite being tone-deaf.

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Unfortunately, she is tone-deaf and a terrible singer.

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Her leadership over the education dossier can only be characterized as hostile, self-serving and tone-deaf.

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After years of growth, private business aviation went into a steep nosedive in 2008, the victim of the stumbling economy and tone-deaf corporate execs.

www.dailyfinance.com

They are naive, they are ill-informed, and they are tone-deaf.

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A man who can't hear singing to a continent of the tone-deaf.

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But she always said she was really happy at the orphanage despite getting kicked out the choir for being tone-deaf; the nuns loved her.

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At a young age, he showed an adept talent for performance, but was discouraged when directors thought he was tone-deaf.

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