Definitions
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- adjective totally
deaf ; not able tohear anything at all
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective totally deaf; unable to hear anything
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Examples
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And right as she says this, Rowan is walking downstairs, unheard but not unhearing.
The Redleys Matt Haig 2010
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Standing, running to the sink, wetting the cloth, returning, sitting, applying the compress, speaking into his unhearing ear.
DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010
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And right as she says this, Rowan is walking downstairs, unheard but not unhearing.
The Redleys Matt Haig 2010
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Mamie wandered in and out of the room and appeared to be whispering something into his unhearing ears.
Going Home to Glory David Eisenhower 2010
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Every eye in the room now fell on her mother, lying motionless on her mattress, apparently asleep and unhearing.
Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010
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Standing, running to the sink, wetting the cloth, returning, sitting, applying the compress, speaking into his unhearing ear.
DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010
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Standing, running to the sink, wetting the cloth, returning, sitting, applying the compress, speaking into his unhearing ear.
DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010
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And right as she says this, Rowan is walking downstairs, unheard but not unhearing.
The Redleys Matt Haig 2010
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He was unhearing, beginning to dig his claws into the dirt around him.
Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010
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Every eye in the room now fell on her mother, lying motionless on her mattress, apparently asleep and unhearing.
Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010
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