nonlistening
English
Etymology
non- + listening
Adjective
nonlistening (not comparable)
- Not listening.
- 1985, John Gould, Stitch in time
- 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
Noun
nonlistening (uncountable)
- Failure to listen.
- 2000, Milton Seligman, Conducting effective conferences with parents of children with disabilities
- 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