| Feature of the tone-deaf |
New York Times |
17 May 2026 |
| Musical inability |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
16 May 2026 |
| Musical liability |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jan 2026 |
| Karaoke liability |
Newsday |
04 Sep 2025 |
| Inability to recognise pitch in strip oddly missing close by (3,3) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
31 Jul 2025 |
| Singer's bane |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Jul 2025 |
| Musical handicap |
Thomas Joseph |
10 May 2025 |
| Conducting liability |
Wall Street Journal |
08 May 2025 |
| Musical handicap |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Apr 2025 |
| Quality of one who can't sing on pitch |
LA Times Daily |
13 Apr 2025 |
| Intonation impediment |
Newsday |
11 Apr 2025 |
| Unfortunate trait for an aspiring composer |
New York Times |
19 Mar 2025 |
| Musical inaptitude |
Newsday |
26 Feb 2025 |
| Lack of musical ability |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
04 Feb 2025 |
| Musical liability |
Newsday |
26 Jan 2025 |
| Musical impediment |
Newsday |
10 Jan 2025 |
| Musical handicap |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Oct 2024 |
| Lack of musical skill |
Universal |
15 Oct 2024 |
| Handicap for a composer |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Pitch issue |
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| Cause of off-key karaoke |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Jun 2024 |
| Insensitivity to harmony (2 wds.) |
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| Feature of someone who's tone-deaf, metaphorically |
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| Karaoke singer's liability |
Universal |
16 Feb 2024 |
| Bad listening ability |
New York Times |
09 Nov 2023 |
| Would-be singer's obstacle |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2023 |
| Old term for an ear trumpet |
USA Today |
02 Apr 2023 |
| Lack of musical skill |
New York Times |
14 Dec 2022 |
| Unfortunate quality in a karaoke singer |
LA Times Daily |
11 Dec 2022 |
| Inability with musical notes |
Newsday |
14 Sep 2022 |
| Musical inaptitude |
Premier Sunday |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Musical incapacity |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Sep 2021 |
| Lack of musical skill |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Aug 2021 |
| Musical insensitivity |
Premier Sunday |
28 Mar 2021 |
| Musical liability |
Universal |
17 Feb 2021 |
| Musical inability |
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| Musical inability |
LA Times Daily |
09 Oct 2020 |
| Unlikely trait for a voice teacher |
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| Liability for a musician |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Mar 2020 |
| Weakness of note? |
New York Times |
02 Nov 2019 |
| Weakness of note? |
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| Certain musical inability |
Universal |
07 Oct 2019 |
| Lack of musical discernment |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Sep 2019 |
| Karaoke singer's liability |
LA Times Daily |
01 Sep 2019 |
| Karaoke singer's liability |
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| Musician's liability |
Universal |
19 Jun 2019 |
| Lack of pitching ability |
Newsday |
15 Jun 2019 |
| Hindrance to musicianship |
Newsday |
31 Mar 2019 |
| Musical ineptitude |
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| Musical ineptitude |
LA Times Daily |
02 Mar 2019 |
| Inaptitude for music |
Premier Sunday |
27 Jan 2019 |
| Karaoke singer's liability |
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| Musical ineptitude |
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| Musician's liability |
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| Certain musical inability |
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| Karaoke problem |
Premier Sunday |
11 Nov 2018 |
| Singer's bane |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Sep 2018 |
| Karaoke performer's problem |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jul 2018 |
| Karaoke performer's problem |
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| Musical handicap |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Jun 2018 |
| Liability of note? |
New York Times |
03 Jun 2018 |
| Failure to make good notes? |
LA Times Daily |
26 May 2018 |
| Failure to make good notes? |
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| Insensitivity to pitch |
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| Tone deafness |
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| Tone deafness |
LA Times Daily |
04 Feb 2018 |
| Failure to make good notes? |
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| Bad quality for a music critic |
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| Karaoke performer's problem |
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| Tone deafness |
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| Liability of note? |
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| Difficulty picking up subtleties |
New York Times |
09 Sep 2017 |
| Lack of musical skill |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Aug 2017 |
| Musical impediment |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jun 2017 |
| Musical impediment |
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| It may quash dreams of a musical career |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jun 2017 |
| It may quash dreams of a musical career |
|
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| Music class impediment |
Newsday |
18 Apr 2017 |
| Musical impediment |
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| Difficulty picking up subtleties |
|
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| It may quash dreams of a musical career |
|
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| Tone deafness |
New York Times |
01 Nov 2016 |
| Musical insensitivity |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Oct 2016 |
| Musician's handicap |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Aug 2016 |
| Tone deafness |
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| Problem for a conductor wannabe |
LA Times Daily |
23 Oct 2015 |
| Player's liability? |
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| Karaoke liability |
Newsday |
01 May 2015 |
| Musical inaptitude |
Newsday |
25 Mar 2015 |
| Player's liability? |
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| Problem for a conductor wannabe |
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| Karaoke liability |
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| Musical inaptitude |
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| Musical inaptitude |
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| Musical deficiency |
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| Tone-deafness |
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| Musical liability |
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| Jack Haley's musical impediment? |
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| Karaoke liability |
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| Karaoke singer's ineptitude, to the chagrin of the audience |
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| Musical weakness |
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| Conducting problem |
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| Musical liability |
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| Musical liability |
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| Verbal insensitivity |
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| Musical incompetence |
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| Cause of bad singing, often |
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| Musical liability |
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| Inability to make good pitches? |
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| What a poor listener may have |
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| Problem with pitches |
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| Inaptitude for music |
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| Inability to make good pitches? |
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| Tone deafness |
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| Noted weakness? |
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| It's not good for conducting |
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| Singing hindrance |
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| A terrible singer has one |
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| Singing hindrance |
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| Inability to appreciate music |
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| Inability to get A's or B's? |
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| Bane of musicianship |
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| Musical ineptitude |
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| Musician's weakness |
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| Karaoke problem |
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| Musician's obstacle |
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| Musician's liability |
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| Music class liability |
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| Conductor's bane |
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| Musical inability |
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| Musical insensitivity |
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| Music class impediment |
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| Musical inability |
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| Karaoke singer's liability |
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| Bad karaoke performer's problem |
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| Symbol of the musically challenged |
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| Musical ineptitude |
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| Symbol of the musically challenged |
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| Music-lover's woe |
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| Bad musician's "body part" |
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| Music critic's bane |
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| Bad singer's problem |
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| Cause of bad singing |
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| Singer's liability |
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| Music teacher's challenge |
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| Unlikely trait for a musician |
|
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| Musician's bane |
|
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| Liability for a musician |
|
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| Musical liability |
|
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| Musical insensitivity |
|
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| Jack Haley's musical impediment? |
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| Unmusical quality |
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| Lack of musical sense |
|
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| Unlikely trait for a musicologist |
|
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| Musical ineptitude |
|
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| Lack of pitch skill |
|
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| Musical ineptitude |
|
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| Musical liability |
|
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| Musical handicap |
|
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| Musical inability |
|
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| Lack of musical taste |
|
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| Musician's liability |
|
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| Off-key singer's problem |
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| Harmonic liability |
|
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| Musical ineptitude |
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| Musical inability |
|
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| Trait of the musically challenged |
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| Inability to tell A from B, e.g. |
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| A nonmusician may have one |
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| Lack of musical skill, so to speak |
|
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| Characteristic of the "musically challenged" |
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| Characteristic of the "musically challenged" |
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| Musical liability |
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| Musical hindrance |
|
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| Insensitivity of a sort |
|
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| Musical insensitivity |
|
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| Nonmusician's problem |
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| Lack of musical ability |
|
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| Aural insensitivity |
|
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| Concert attendee's problem |
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| What Bernstein didn't have |
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| Aural insensitivity |
|
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| Feature for the Oz woodsman? |
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| Chorus rejectee's problem |
|
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| Listening handicap |
|
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| Lack of discernment re music |
|
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| Musical debit |
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| Musical drawback |
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| Slangy symbol of insensitivity. |
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| Hearing defect of sorts |
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| Insensitivity of a kind: Slang. |
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| Tone-deaf one: Slang. |
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| Unmusical quality |
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