unhearing

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From un- +‎ hearing.

Adjective[edit]

unhearing (not comparable)

  1. Not hearing.
    Antonym: hearing
    • 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 179:
      [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, […]
    • 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance, paperback edition, Fourth Estate, page 272:
      Camille said, as if unhearing, "Of course Apollo isn't with us permanently, you know!"
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