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unhear

unhear verb: to reverse the process of hearing, so that (a sound, etc.) was never heard.

Verb

unhear (third-person singular simple present unhears, present participle unhearing, simple past and past participle unheard)

  1. (transitive) To reverse the process of hearing, so that (a sound, etc.) was never heard.
    • I wish I could unhear that terrible song!
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To forget a sound.
    • They could never unhear what they heard that night.

Forms of unhear

third-person singular presentunhears
present participleunhearing
past participleunheard
pastunheard

Origin of unhear

From un- + hear.

Questions about unhear

What does unhear mean?
Unhear means to reverse the process of hearing, so that (a sound, etc.) was never heard.
What part of speech is unhear?
Unhear is a verb.
What is the past tense of unhear?
The past tense of unhear is unheard.

Words near unhear in the dictionary

  1. unhealths
  2. unhealthsome
  3. unhealthy
  4. unhealthyness
  5. unheaped
  6. unhear
  7. unhearable
  8. unheard
  9. unheard of
  10. unheard-of
  11. unhearing

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