Listened and Played

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Played is an antonym for listened.

Nearby Words: listen, listening, listener

Played adjective - (of games) engaged in.

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Listened is an antonym for played.

Nearby Words: play, playful, player, playing, playable

Of course, for optimal snark it's best to have actually read/watched/played/listened to some of the hated work, but some people have gone so far as to produce derivative works capable of standing on their own with only a general knowledge of the original.

Source: Hatedom
The band haven't played any songs from the album live since Dave Navarro left, due to John Frusciante not having listened to it, as well as Kiedis feeling uncomfortable revisiting this period.

Source: Creator Breakdown / Music
The trope is played with in that, his decisions are followed because he acts with the most authority but they're actually horrible ideas and he really should have listened to the others.

Source: The Leader aka: Leader

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