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hors-sol — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • tone deaf adjective Badly out of touch with how other people feel, so that what you say or do lands as insensitive or oblivious.

Senses

hors-sol is used for these senses in English:

  • out of touch (idiomatic) No longer conversant with something, especially facts, reality, or the world; not aware or realistic.
  • tone-deaf (colloquial, figurative) Out of touch with the experience of ordinary people.

tone deaf — full definition

  1. adjective Badly out of touch with how other people feel, so that what you say or do lands as insensitive or oblivious.
  2. adjective Unable to hear or reproduce differences in musical pitch accurately.

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