stone-deaf
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In stone-deaf Lady Strickland's Maltese garden a land mine blew the tail feathers off her prize peacock, blew Lady Strickland off her feet.
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Her dam, Home by Dark, had never raced and was stone-deaf to boot.
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Although Mrs. Moore recovered, her fever left her stone-deaf.
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Nearing 83, he is stone-deaf, inclined to doze off in the middle of important conversations.
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Though scarcely short of stone-deaf, he was musical.
From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir