ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Hearingless

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Hearingless is an adjective meaning Unable to hear; deaf.

Meaning

Unable to hear; deaf.

More Meanings

  1. Of a legislative or court proceeding, without conducting a hearing.

Example Sentences

The Judge held that a hearingless attachment based upon a "hearsay complaint and conclusory affidavit without any judicial inquiry" violates procedural due process.
With each sudden pierce of lightning, the girl imagined she was hanging from the eaves as some sightless, hearingless, throatless, stony gargoyle -- a lifeless condition that would offer safety.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nonhearing, deaf, deafblind, deaf-mute, stone deaf, surd.

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