cloth-eared
adjective
UKinformaluk/ˈklɒθˌɪəd/us/ˈklɑːθˌɪrd/not having theabilitytoappreciate(= toenjoyand make goodjudgmentsabout)musicor the way that wordssound:
People wholovethisrecordmaythinkI'm cloth-eared and unperceptive.
Thetheatresarefullof cloth-earedtourists.
notabletohearorunderstandwell:
Why don't youlistenfor achange, you cloth-earedidiot?
They are too cloth-eared topayattentiontowarningsaboutclimatechange.
- You'd have to be either cloth-eared or unforgiveablysnobbishnot toenjoytheirmusic.
- Even the most cloth-earedlistenercouldfindsomething toappreciatehere.
- It's anawful, cloth-earedtranslation,fullofanachronisms.
- Thepoethas been sopraisedfor histechnicalskillsthat fewpeopleseemto havenoticedhow cloth-eared he hasbecome.
- Theconferencespeecheswerefullof cloth-earedphrases,utteredwithoutirony.
Inability and awkwardness
- accident-prone
- adorkable
- all thumbsidiom
- amateurish
- amateurishly
- fumble
- functional illiteracy
- gauche
- geek
- ham-fisted
- jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
- klutzy
- like a bull in a china shopidiom
- lost
- lubber
- unable
- uncoordinated
- uneducable
- unenterprising
- unequal
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Musical performances
Stupid and silly
Stupid and silly people
Not paying attention
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