non-hearingadj.
/nɒnˈhɪərɪŋ/, U.S. /nɑnˈhɪrɪŋ/ 1. Having no sense of hearing; deaf. Also (rare): not concerned with or relating to the sense of hearing.
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deafc825
hearingless1398
deathc1475
as deaf as a door, doorpost, doornail1546
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nut-deaf1828
stock-deaf1865
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non-hearing1958
Mutt and Jeff1960
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1958 C. Avery in W. M. Cruickshank Educ. Exceptional Children & Youth ix. 380 Investigation of out-of-class influences on behavior, personality, social maturity, and so forth, as affected by supervisors, hearing and non-hearing contacts.
1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 10 Apr. a2 Stepped-up research is needed on the nonhearing effects of noise.
1985 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 27 Sept. vi. 23/6 The collision of values between nonhearing parents and their hearing daughter.
2002 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 8 Jan. 3 d Peter and his family moved to an all-deaf community in Maryland, where their children attend a school for nonhearing kids.
2. Not requiring an official hearing.
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1976 Aviation Week & Space Technol. (Nexis) 14 June 25/1 The Board proposals would employ non-hearing procedures for the granting of new authority.
1989 Aviation Daily (Nexis) 28 Feb. Federal Express requested that DOT expedite processing of the application so that the final order can be issued no later than April 28. Carrier also requested non-hearing procedures.
1997 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 6 Feb. 1 To be eligible for the non-hearing restoration, an inmate can't have more than two felony convictions.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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