unhearing

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ hearing.

Adjective

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!"