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tone-deaf 

A person who thinks he/she can hit the right notes and stay in tune when they really sound horrible and are not good at all. They are often unable to hear the difference between two notes or on pitch notes and flat notes.
People on American Idol that audition that think they can sing but you hear them singing on tv horribly yet they dont realize they are horrible. These people are tone-deaf
tone-deaf by kate_thesinger May 10, 2006
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tone-deaf 

lacking in one's appreciation of music (not necessarily due to actually being tone deaf
I'm sorry but i just never payed much attention to music. I'm tone-deaf.

tone deaf 

Someone painfully oblivious to social situations and the world at large. Unable to read blatant social cues.
Mayer is so tone deaf he sent fried chicken to vegetarians and asked an atheist his religion. Sigh
tone deaf by bambiandzac March 30, 2021

Tone Deaf 

A person who is tone deaf lacks the ability to correctly hear relative differences between musical notes.
in the music lesson:

teacher: "ok bob, give me a SOL"
bob does something with the guitar...
teacher: "NOO!!!, that's not a SOL!!... are you tone deaf ?!!"
Tone Deaf by TMP3 December 7, 2010

Tone deaf 

The lamest excuse for all bad singers.
1:"Just a small town girl, livin' in a loooneelyyyy wo-"
2:"Stop singing. Now. Please."
3:"Hey, that's not nice, I'm tone deaf! Don't make fun of my disability!"
4:"Bitch please."
Tone deaf by THEChillmasters December 23, 2010

Tone deaf 

An adjective describing a person who can't hear the difference between off beat and on beat or on key and off key
Person one: hey can you give me an example of a tone deaf person?

Person two: look up country music on Spotify
Tone deaf by Sub to BIGFAIL April 17, 2020

Tone Deaf 

"Oh my gosh, whats wrong with this crappy music, she must be tone deaf"
Tone Deaf by Barbi June 11, 2006