stone-deaf

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Her dam, Home by Dark, had never raced and was stone-deaf to boot.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nearing 83, he is stone-deaf, inclined to doze off in the middle of important conversations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although Mrs. Moore recovered, her fever left her stone-deaf.

From Time Magazine Archive

Engineer Tran Chan Cha, 46, has steamed the Danang-Hue run since the days of the Indo-China war, has been blown up so often that today he is nearly stone-deaf.

From Time Magazine Archive

Being stone-deaf," returned Feller, with a trace of drollery in his voice, "I hear very well—at times.

From The Last Shot by Palmer, Frederick