deafer

Adjective

deaf (comparative deafer, superlative deafest)

1. Unable (or partially able) to hear.
   • My brother has been deaf since sustaining injuries in the war.
2. Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive.
   • Those people are deaf to reason.
3. Of or relating to the community of deaf people.
   • The best place to fight Hollywood deafism is in our deaf schools. If we give our children understanding and appreciation of our rich culture and sign language, the students will gain a deaf heritage and become more creative, more aware, and more assertive global deaf citizens.1994, Bruce N. Snider, Carol Erting, Robert C. Johnson, The Deaf Way, page 734
4. (obsolete) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
   • A deaf murmur through the squadron went.1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
5. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Decayed; tasteless; useless.
   • a deaf nut; deaf corn

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