unhearing
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It’s as though the debate that Jo and Amy have about whether the stuff of their lives can be considered important—the “domestic joys and struggles”—has fallen on unhearing ears.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2019
She lectures him on humanity, he teaches her how to fire a rifle, and their disagreements — Cat’s especially — sometimes slide into unhearing self-righteous harangue.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2015
There are approximately 14 million such people in the U.S., and until very recently they have been the true silent minority, unheard as well as unhearing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Carter, as if unhearing, continued to lecture his visitors on the virtues of the new "progress."
From Time Magazine Archive
Unseeing, unhearing, she reached her own room, paced it distractedly, moving between desk and dressing-table, window and bed, like some bewildered animal.
From The Beloved Woman by Kathleen Thompson Norris
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