Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

falling on deaf ears

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables
falling on deaf- ears
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle of fall on deaf ears

Questions

What does falling on deaf ears mean?
present participle of fall on deaf ears

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