deaf

/def/ adjective

Definition

› unable to hear: Many deaf people learn to lip read. He goes to a school for the deaf.

be deaf to sth › to refuse to listen to something

deafness noun [U]

(Definition of deaf adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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