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  • adjective totally deaf; not able to hear anything at all

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  • adjective totally deaf; unable to hear anything

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Examples

  • And right as she says this, Rowan is walking downstairs, unheard but not unhearing.

    The Redleys Matt Haig 2010

  • Standing, running to the sink, wetting the cloth, returning, sitting, applying the compress, speaking into his unhearing ear.

    DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010

  • And right as she says this, Rowan is walking downstairs, unheard but not unhearing.

    The Redleys Matt Haig 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • Standing, running to the sink, wetting the cloth, returning, sitting, applying the compress, speaking into his unhearing ear.

    DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010

  • Standing, running to the sink, wetting the cloth, returning, sitting, applying the compress, speaking into his unhearing ear.

    DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010

  • And right as she says this, Rowan is walking downstairs, unheard but not unhearing.

    The Redleys Matt Haig 2010

  • He was unhearing, beginning to dig his claws into the dirt around him.

    Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010

  • 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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