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deaf / def/ • adj. lacking the power of hearing or having impaired hearing: [as pl. n.] (the deaf) subtitles for the deaf. ∎  unwilling or unable to hear or pay attention to something: deaf to advice.PHRASES: (as) deaf as a post completely or extremely deaf.fall on deaf ears (of a statement or request) be ignored.turn a deaf ear refuse to listen or respond to a statement or request.DERIVATIVES: deaf·ness n.ORIGIN: Old English dēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doof and German taub, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek tuphlos ‘blind.’

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