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unhearing

unhearing adjective: not hearing. Also the present participle and gerund of unhear.

Adjective

unhearing (not comparable)

  1. Not hearing.
    • [She] flung herself / Down on the great King's couch, and writhed upon it, / And clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm, / And shriek'd out 'traitor' to the unhearing wall, […]1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 179
    • Camille said, as if unhearing, "Of course Apollo isn't with us permanently, you know!"2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance, paperback edition, Fourth Estate, page 272
    Antonyms:
    hearing

Also used as

unhearing is also the present participle and gerund of unhear.

Antonyms of unhearing

Origin of unhearing

From un- + hearing.

From unhear + -ing.

Words formed from unhearing

Questions about unhearing

What does unhearing mean?
Unhearing means not hearing.
What part of speech is unhearing?
Unhearing is an adjective.

Words near unhearing in the dictionary

  1. unhear
  2. unhearable
  3. unheard
  4. unheard of
  5. unheard-of
  6. unhearing
  7. unhearingly
  8. unhears
  9. unhearse
  10. unheart
  11. unhearted

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