"Tone deafness" is a phrase used to describe someone who has difficulty hearing or reproducing musical tones correctly. Basically, it means that a person struggles to understand or sing music accurately. Full definition
This failing is less a case of indifference or hostility, I think, than it is of moral tone deafness. (firstthings.com)
Not by anyone demonstrating tone deafness in every scene, it shouldn't. (buffalonews.com)
Contagion is the kind of Big Message prestige picture Stanley Kramer would have directed once upon a time, only without Kramer's trademark tone deafness, weaknesses with pacing, and unimaginative casting and filmmaking. (filmfreakcentral.net)