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nonlistening

nonlistening adjective: not listening.

Adjective

nonlistening (not comparable)

  1. Not listening.
    • The biggest audience at seven o'clock in the morning turned out to be the nonlistening audience. Very few people, it seemed, cared to tune in at that hour...1985, John Gould, Stitch in time

Noun

nonlistening (uncountable)

  1. Failure to listen.
    • A teacher may be particularly prone to passive nonlistening when a number of parent-teacher conferences have been held in succession.2000, Milton Seligman, Conducting effective conferences with parents of children with disabilities

Origin of nonlistening

From non- + listening.

Questions about nonlistening

What does nonlistening mean?
Nonlistening means not listening.
What part of speech is nonlistening?
Nonlistening can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonlistening in the dictionary

  1. nonliquidity
  2. nonliquids
  3. nonlisted
  4. nonlistener
  5. nonlisteners
  6. nonlistening
  7. nonlister
  8. nonlisters
  9. nonlisting
  10. nonliteral
  11. nonliterally

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