Meanings
adjectivenonlistening (not comparable)
- not comparableNot listening.
The biggest audience at seven o'clock in the morning turned out to be the nonlistening audience. Very few people, it seemed, cared to tune in at that hour...
1985, John Gould, Stitch in time
nounnonlistening (uncountable)
- uncountableFailure to listen.
A teacher may be particularly prone to passive nonlistening when a number of parent-teacher conferences have been held in succession.
2000, Milton Seligman, Conducting effective conferences with parents of children with disabilities
Origin
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