What does unlistening mean?
Unlistening means Not listening..
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/ʌnˈlɪs.ən.iŋ/ · adjective
Not listening..
Both have something important to say, but are hyperconscious of an unlistening world. They are disappointed, incredulous at humanity’s deafness.
The voices of his mother and sisters, raised at times in eagerness or expectation of the future, fell upon his unlistening ears.
"Did you know, beloved, at the last, in that intolerable heat, in that moment of supreme anguish, that he is unlistening, unhelpful as the stars, that you cried not to him?"
Use unlistening when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unlistening means Not listening..
Common synonyms include ignoring, indifferent, unheedful, inattentive.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Both have something important to say, but are hyperconscious of an unlistening world. They are disappointed, incredulous at humanity’s deafness.
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