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单词 unhearable
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unhearableadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈhearable.
a. (un- prefix1 1b.)
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective]
unhearable1483
unaudible1611
inaudiblea1616
secret1670
subaudible1837
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great > that cannot be heard
unhearable1483
1483 Cath. Angl. 184/1 Vn-Hereabylle, in-audibilis.
1841 T. Carlyle Let. 19 July in T. W. Reid Life Ld. Houghton (1890) I. vi. 267 Droning..things unspeakable into things unhearable.
b. absol.
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1931 R. Campbell Georgiad i. 10 With the Unhearable their ears we'll din.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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