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hearingless en · ADJ

Etymology

From hearing + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Unable to hear; deaf.
    • 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. 2010, Patricia East, Wherever Snow Falls, page 1:
  2. (not-comparable) Of a legislative or court proceeding, without conducting a hearing.
    • The Judge held that a hearingless attachment based upon a "hearsay complaint and conclusory affidavit without any judicial inquiry" violates procedural due process. 1983, The Maritime Lawyer, volume 8, page 246: