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nonlistening

adj

Etymology

From non- + listening.

  1. inherited from hlysnende
  2. inherited from listnynge
  3. prefixed as nonlistening — “non + listening”

Definitions

  1. Not listening.

    • The biggest audience at seven o'clock in the morning turned out to be the nonlistening audience. Very few people, it seemed, cared to tune in at that hour...

  2. Failure to listen.

    • A teacher may be particularly prone to passive nonlistening when a number of parent-teacher conferences have been held in succession.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nonlistening. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA