deaf
Comparative
deafer
Superlative
deafest
1
partly or completely unable to hear
- The deaf child communicates using sign language.
- He became deaf after a childhood illness damaged his hearing.
- The deaf community advocates for greater accessibility and inclusion in society.
- She wears hearing aids to assist her in conversations since she is partially deaf.
- He learned to lip-read to better understand conversations as he grew increasingly deaf.
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2
deliberately unresponsive to advice, appeals, or information
- The committee remained deaf to repeated calls for transparency and released no statement.
- He was deaf to warnings about the project's financial risks and pressed ahead anyway.
- She tried to reason with him, but he was deaf to any suggestion that he change his approach.
- The government was deaf to the community's objections during the consultation period.
- Public outcry made little difference because the regulators seemed deaf to the evidence.
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