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How to pronounce tin ear in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms tone deafness
Type of deafness, hearing loss
Type Words
Type of insensitiveness, insensitivity


he has a tin ear for dialogue.

Examples of tin ear

tin ear
It matters that the EU has a tin ear for some of its members'historical memories.
From the economist.com
The Attorney General had a political tin ear and a weakness for the spotlight.
From the time.com
The new Archbishop of Canterbury apparently has a tin ear for diplomatic language.
From the time.com
However hard he tries, Mr Romney seems to carry a tin ear everywhere he goes.
From the independent.co.uk
Sorrell's biggest shortcoming seems to be his tin ear, not his golden purse.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
If it requires sensitivity to outside constituencies, he's proven to have a tin ear.
From the forbes.com
I speak only English, having been cursed with a tin ear for other tongues.
From the sltrib.com
Bush then stumbled in 1992 with his tin ear about the economic recession.
From the newsweek.com
But Osborne seems to have developed a tin ear for his grassroots support.
From the thisismoney.co.uk