"stone deaf" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-stone deaf.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} stone deaf (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Utterly deaf. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: deaf as a doorknob, deaf as a doorpost, deaf as a post Related terms: tone-deaf Translations (utterly deaf): напълно глух (napǎlno gluh) (Bulgarian), sord com una tàpia (Catalan), hluchý jako pařez (Czech), potdoof (Dutch), stokdoof (Dutch), umpikuuro (Finnish), sourd comme un pot (French), stocktaub (German), süket, mint az ágyú (Hungarian), teljesen süket (Hungarian), stokk døv (Norwegian Bokmål), głuchy jak pień (Polish), глухо́й как пень (gluxój kak penʹ) (Russian), cho bodhar ri clach (Scottish Gaelic), cho bodhar ris an talamh (Scottish Gaelic), cho bodhar ris na cnuic (Scottish Gaelic), cho bodhar ri gobhar as t-fhoghar (Scottish Gaelic), глув као топ (Serbo-Croatian), sordo como una tapia (Spanish), como una tapia (Spanish), stendöv (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-stone_deaf-en-adj-S15hPvw5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "sense": "utterly deaf",
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      "sense": "utterly deaf",
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      "sense": "utterly deaf",
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      "sense": "utterly deaf",
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      "sense": "utterly deaf",
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      "sense": "utterly deaf",
      "word": "cho bodhar ris an talamh"
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      "sense": "utterly deaf",
      "word": "cho bodhar ris na cnuic"
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      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "utterly deaf",
      "word": "cho bodhar ri gobhar as t-fhoghar"
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      "sense": "utterly deaf",
      "word": "глув као топ"
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      "sense": "utterly deaf",
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