Nonreading

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of not reading; a failure to read. uncountable, usually

    "Their slanted representations, and even the selective acceptance practised by scientists who were also devout Catholics, produced a variety of readings and even nonreadings of Darwin's texts which obscured the science behind the theory."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not reading. not-comparable

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"Their slanted representations, and even the selective acceptance practised by scientists who were also devout Catholics, produced a variety of readings and even nonreadings of Darwin's texts which obscured the science behind the theory."

Etymology

From non- + reading.

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