hearingless

English

Etymology

hearing +‎ -less

Adjective

hearingless (not comparable)

1. Unable to hear; deaf.
   • 2010, Patricia East, Wherever Snow Falls, page 1:

     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.

2. Of a legislative or court proceeding, without conducting a hearing.
   • 1983, The Maritime Lawyer, volume 8, page 246:

     The Judge held that a hearingless attachment based upon a "hearsay complaint and conclusory affidavit without any judicial inquiry" violates procedural due process.