tune out

verb

1. informal.
   intr, adverboften foll byof to cease to take an interest (in) or pay attention (to)

   many people had tuned out of politics

Example Sentences

Our friend Jeff Sharlet reacted by saying that Biden’s speech was misinformation: “A moderate- or low-information voter who tuned in to that, not sure what to think, would have come away thinking that the Democrats had lost to a Mitt Romney or a John McCain. They would take it as permission to tune out again till ’28.”

From Slate

Both seemed relieved that “The Roommate” has given them space to tune out the election noise.

From Los Angeles Times

But, over the years, it’s something he has learned to tune out and tolerate.

From Los Angeles Times

A lot of Americans tune out politics until the tail end of an election year and then "just go with the most recent thing they remember", said Abraham Josephine Riesman, a freelance journalist and author of the book Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America.

From BBC

Like other women who have reported misconduct, she said she has mostly learned to tune out the office gossip and rumors about her demotion.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• avoid
• discount
• fail
• forget
• neglect
• overlook
• reject
• scorn