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tin ear is a noun meaning "an inability to distinguish differences in pitch". It carries 2 recorded senses.
an inability to distinguish differences in pitch
insensitivity to the appropriateness or subtlety of language
“he has a tin ear for dialogue”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for tin ear come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.