Usually means: Not hearing or understanding well.
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  1. cloth-eared: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. cloth-eared, cloth-eared: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cloth-eared: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. cloth-eared: Wiktionary
  5. cloth-eared: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cloth-eared)

▸ adjective:  Not hearing clearly.
▸ adjective:  Failing to pay attention.

Similar:
unhearing, unhearable, inaudible, unlistening, insonorous, unheard, semiaudible, nonaudible, unharked, nonlistening, more...

Opposite:
music-savvy, music-literate, music-discerning

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Similar:
unhearing, unhearable, inaudible, unlistening, insonorous, unheard, semiaudible, nonaudible, unharked, nonlistening, more...

Opposite:
music-savvy, music-literate, music-discerning



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