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unlistening

/ʌnˈlɪs.ən.iŋ/

unlistening adjective: not listening. Also the present participle and gerund of unlisten.

Adjective

unlistening (not comparable)

  1. Not listening.
    • The voices of his mother and sisters, raised at times in eagerness or expectation of the future, fell upon his unlistening ears.1891, Bret Harte, chapter 4, in A First Family of Tasajara
    • "Did you know, beloved, at the last, in that intolerable heat, in that moment of supreme anguish, that he is unlistening, unhelpful as the stars, that you cried not to him?"1904, William Henry Hudson, Green Mansions, chapter XX

Also used as

unlistening is also the present participle and gerund of unlisten.

Synonyms of unlistening

Origin of unlistening

From un- + listening.

Questions about unlistening

What does unlistening mean?
Unlistening means not listening.
What part of speech is unlistening?
Unlistening is an adjective.
How do you pronounce unlistening?
Unlistening is pronounced /ʌnˈlɪs.ən.iŋ/.

Words near unlistening in the dictionary

  1. unlisten
  2. unlistenability
  3. unlistenable
  4. unlistenably
  5. unlistened
  6. unlistening
  7. unlistens
  8. unlisting
  9. unlists
  10. unlit
  11. unliteral

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