UNHEARABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unhearable mean? 

• UNHEARABLE (adjective)
  The adjective UNHEARABLE has 1 sense:

1. impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear

  Familiarity information: UNHEARABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNHEARABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear

Synonyms:

inaudible; unhearable

Context example:

an inaudible conversation

Similar:

breathed; voiceless (uttered without voice)

infrasonic (having frequencies below those of audible sound)

silent (having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility)

silent; unsounded (not made to sound)

supersonic; ultrasonic (having frequencies above those of audible sound)

unheard (not necessarily inaudible but not heard)

Also:

imperceptible; unperceivable (impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses)

quiet (free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound)

Attribute:

audibility; audibleness (quality or fact or degree of being audible or perceptible by the ear)