deaf to

Frequency: 6.25.5 per million words

Figurative, meaning unwilling to listen or pay attention to something (e.g., pleas, advice).

deafADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION

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Examples (10)

  • The committee remained deaf to our suggestions.
  • He was completely deaf to his parents' advice about his career.
  • The corporation seemed deaf to the public's pleas for environmental responsibility.
  • Unfortunately, she was deaf to all warnings about the risky investment.
  • Why are you so deaf to reason when we discuss this topic?
  • The old regime was deaf to the cries for reform from its citizens.
  • Blinded by ambition, the director was deaf to any criticism of his project.
  • I'm afraid the CEO will be deaf to our request for a budget increase.
  • After hearing the same excuses for years, she had become deaf to his apologies.
  • A good leader cannot afford to be deaf to the needs of their people.