open-eared
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Being receptive or open-minded to new styles of music.
Example Sentences
- "Companies should be open-eared to feedback from their customers."
- ""She is passionate yet level-headed, committed but collaborative, and focused on making important change, while remaining creative and effective," Damodaran wrote in an email to the News. "As a leader, she is extremely communicative and open-eared, which has allowed our group to be most effective in its review of sexual climate at Yale.""
- "Except I was standing underneath Front Street, hard-hatted and open-eared, as representatives from Toronto's Union Station painted a picture of the retail paradise that this cavern was to become."
- "Be open about your fears and anxieties, and be open-eared to your husband's feelings and thoughts too."
- "At its best, his writing was open-eared and curious, concerned with both his roots and their limitations."
- "Many people tend to listen to what they know, but others are more open-eared."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more open-eared (comparative)
most open-eared (superlative)