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hearingless

hearingless adjective: unable to hear; deaf.

Adjective

hearingless (not comparable)

  1. Unable to hear; deaf.
    • With each sudden pierce of lightning, the girl imagined she was hanging from the eaves as some sightless, hearingless, throatless, stony gargoyle -- a lifeless condition that would offer safety.2010, Patricia East, Wherever Snow Falls, page 1
  2. Of a legislative or court proceeding, without conducting a hearing.
    • The Judge held that a hearingless attachment based upon a "hearsay complaint and conclusory affidavit without any judicial inquiry" violates procedural due process.1983, The Maritime Lawyer, volume 8, page 246

Origin of hearingless

From hearing + -less.

Questions about hearingless

What does hearingless mean?
Hearingless means unable to hear; deaf.
What part of speech is hearingless?
Hearingless is an adjective.

Words near hearingless in the dictionary

  1. hearing trumpets
  2. hearing voices
  3. hearing-ear dog
  4. hearing-ear dogs
  5. hearing-impaired
  6. hearingless
  7. hearingly
  8. hearings
  9. heark
  10. hearked
  11. hearkee

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