Definitions
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- adjective Not
listening . - noun Failure to
listen .
Etymologies
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non- + listening
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Examples
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In the middle of the dinner at the Village Pub, Zuckerberg went into nonlistening mode.
The Facebook Effect David Kirkpatrick 2010
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(To raise something so base as business any time earlier would be uncouth.) "Unfortunately," Mr. Murphy confesses, describing his early minuet days, "by the time the great moment arrived I was word-slurring, lazy-eyed, nonlistening drunk."
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So as a public service to the nonlistening audience, let me give you a summary of the important action so far:
NYT > Home Page 2009
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So as a public service to the nonlistening audience, let me give you a summary of the important action so far:
NYT > Opinion 2009
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