"closed-eared" meaning in English

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      "form": "more closed-eared",
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      "form": "most closed-eared",
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  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "open-eared"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995 November 22, Dave Lavender, “Bluegrass radio stations?”, in rec.music.country.western (Usenet):",
          "text": "Unfortunately, like the nation's government, we have a bunch of closed-eared baffoons running the nation's country music stations thinking they are cool because they have found Alison Krauss and watering down the airwaves with the young -hat, disco, pop mainstream, line-dance crap.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996 July 4, Jeff Harrington, “A question about Xenakis”, in rec.music.classical.contemporary (Usenet):",
          "text": "Ugh... this is what I really hate about musical arguments related to cutting edge music. The characterization that people who prefer this or that genre or flavor (new or old) are conventional or closed-eared, or just plain dull.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, William Jelani Cobb, To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic, New York, N.Y.: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 41:",
          "text": "The casual observer and the closed-eared critic—of which there are many, if not most—misses the increased artistic complexity that characterized each evolving stage of the music.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Richard A. Shweder, editor, The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion, Chicago, I.L.: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 656:",
          "text": "Later, when many adolescents become \"closed-eared,\" listening preferences are closely aligned with and guided by peer group norms.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Jacqueline Henninger, “Research-to-Resource: Effective Incorporation of World Music Into the Music Classroom”, in Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, volume 37, number 1, Thousand Oaks, C.A.: SAGE Publishing, →DOI, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Instead of simply abandoning those opportunities to share new musics when individuals may be perceived as closed-eared, music educators should make an even more concerted effort to share new musics since repetition can be used as an instructional tool to have a positive impact on those levels of receptivity.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Reluctant or unwilling to listen to new styles of music."
      ],
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          "reluctant"
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          "unwilling"
        ],
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          "listen",
          "listen"
        ],
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          "style",
          "style"
        ],
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          "music",
          "music"
        ]
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        {
          "ref": "1911, Everybody's Magazine, volume 25, number 6, pages 794–795:",
          "text": "Press-agents delight in recounting to open-mouthed and closed-eared reporters stories of the humble beginnings of the brilliant stars whose orbits they control.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, John Weitz, Hitler's diplomat, New York, N.Y.: Ticknor & Fields, →ISBN, page 201:",
          "text": "Britain also planned to introduce conscription, more loftily known as National Service, probably yet another blow to the closed-eyed and closed-eared Joachim von Ribbentrop. He would have been even more surprised if he had learned of the convoluted untruths and failed purposes that preceded the British guarantee to Poland.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001 June 24, jenner, “Anybody got R6 as their first bike?”, in rec.motorcycles (Usenet):",
          "text": "I think you have pretty good chance of surviving this sport, unlike some other closed eared/minded new riders.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 March 26, Daniel Kilkelly, quoting Lisa Riley, “Emmerdale star Lisa Riley promises \"every emotion\" for Mandy and Paul stunt week”, in Digital Spy, archived from the original on 2021-03-26:",
          "text": "Lydia is still very sceptical of Paul, but Mandy is becoming closed-eared because she doesn't want to hear it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Uninterested in listening to others; inattentive."
      ],
      "id": "en-closed-eared-en-adj-~XeA4rIM",
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          "inattentive",
          "inattentive"
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        "(rare) Uninterested in listening to others; inattentive."
      ],
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  "word": "closed-eared"
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        {
          "ref": "1995 November 22, Dave Lavender, “Bluegrass radio stations?”, in rec.music.country.western (Usenet):",
          "text": "Unfortunately, like the nation's government, we have a bunch of closed-eared baffoons running the nation's country music stations thinking they are cool because they have found Alison Krauss and watering down the airwaves with the young -hat, disco, pop mainstream, line-dance crap.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996 July 4, Jeff Harrington, “A question about Xenakis”, in rec.music.classical.contemporary (Usenet):",
          "text": "Ugh... this is what I really hate about musical arguments related to cutting edge music. The characterization that people who prefer this or that genre or flavor (new or old) are conventional or closed-eared, or just plain dull.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, William Jelani Cobb, To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic, New York, N.Y.: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 41:",
          "text": "The casual observer and the closed-eared critic—of which there are many, if not most—misses the increased artistic complexity that characterized each evolving stage of the music.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Richard A. Shweder, editor, The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion, Chicago, I.L.: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 656:",
          "text": "Later, when many adolescents become \"closed-eared,\" listening preferences are closely aligned with and guided by peer group norms.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Jacqueline Henninger, “Research-to-Resource: Effective Incorporation of World Music Into the Music Classroom”, in Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, volume 37, number 1, Thousand Oaks, C.A.: SAGE Publishing, →DOI, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Instead of simply abandoning those opportunities to share new musics when individuals may be perceived as closed-eared, music educators should make an even more concerted effort to share new musics since repetition can be used as an instructional tool to have a positive impact on those levels of receptivity.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Reluctant or unwilling to listen to new styles of music."
      ],
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        [
          "Reluctant",
          "reluctant"
        ],
        [
          "unwilling",
          "unwilling"
        ],
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          "listen",
          "listen"
        ],
        [
          "style",
          "style"
        ],
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ]
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          "word": "open-eared"
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        {
          "ref": "1911, Everybody's Magazine, volume 25, number 6, pages 794–795:",
          "text": "Press-agents delight in recounting to open-mouthed and closed-eared reporters stories of the humble beginnings of the brilliant stars whose orbits they control.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, John Weitz, Hitler's diplomat, New York, N.Y.: Ticknor & Fields, →ISBN, page 201:",
          "text": "Britain also planned to introduce conscription, more loftily known as National Service, probably yet another blow to the closed-eyed and closed-eared Joachim von Ribbentrop. He would have been even more surprised if he had learned of the convoluted untruths and failed purposes that preceded the British guarantee to Poland.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001 June 24, jenner, “Anybody got R6 as their first bike?”, in rec.motorcycles (Usenet):",
          "text": "I think you have pretty good chance of surviving this sport, unlike some other closed eared/minded new riders.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 March 26, Daniel Kilkelly, quoting Lisa Riley, “Emmerdale star Lisa Riley promises \"every emotion\" for Mandy and Paul stunt week”, in Digital Spy, archived from the original on 2021-03-26:",
          "text": "Lydia is still very sceptical of Paul, but Mandy is becoming closed-eared because she doesn't want to hear it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Uninterested in listening to others; inattentive."
      ],
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        [
          "listen",
          "listen"
        ],
        [
          "inattentive",
          "inattentive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Uninterested in listening to others; inattentive."
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "word": "close-eared"
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  "word": "closed-eared"
}