"unhear" meaning in All languages combined

See unhear on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: unhears [present, singular, third-person], unhearing [participle, present], unheard [participle, past], unheard [past]
Etymology: un- + hear Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|hear}} un- + hear Head templates: {{en-verb|unhear<,,unheard>}} unhear (third-person singular simple present unhears, present participle unhearing, simple past and past participle unheard)
  1. (transitive) To reverse the process of hearing, so that (a sound, etc.) was never heard. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unhear-en-verb-5mShXSuo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 57 43
  2. (transitive, figurative) To forget a sound. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-unhear-en-verb-Pj7VZsIS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: unsee

Inflected forms

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