Tin Ear (Noun)
Meaning 1
Insensitivity to the appropriateness or subtlety of language; "he has a tin ear for dialogue".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
An inability to distinguish differences in pitch.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- She's tone deaf and has a tin ear, so don't ask her to sing along with the radio.
- After a few lessons, it became clear that the child had a tin ear and struggled to distinguish between musical notes.
- His tin ear made it impossible for him to carry a tune, but he loved to belt out his favorite songs anyway.
- The music teacher tried to help the student overcome her tin ear, but it seemed to be a fundamental lack of musical ability.
- The composer's tin ear was surprising, given his success in other areas of the music industry, but it made him a better producer than performer.