When they don't eye-contact you...
It is not necessarily that they are ignoring you...

Sometimes it maybe an indication of avoiding something...

perhaps they may have committed some hidden harm that you are not aware of; thus, they can't face you...

you would then find them avoiding eye-contacting you...

but please be ware, and do not generalize...

because in other times, I believe "eye-contact-avoidance" is a sign of respect...

but one has to be a good reader of what the eyes hold....
or even conceal.......

I think this generalization is due to the fact that people are used to I-conctact each other and the respect is to keep the contact without starring and without shying your eyes away.

It is really hard but standards in this life are human-made

This is the first time I see "eye-conact" being used as a verb. It's a noun that is normally used with the verb "make", i.e. to make eye-contact and making eye-contact, and made eye-contact. i

Avoiding eye-contact is perceived negatively in the West or western culture. It's usually a sign of untruthfulness.

In our culture, however, it can be a sign of extreme respect, extreme shyness, or extreme modesty.

i have heard of it before as a verb and as a noun as well
but never adjective

noun is what I meant, but never a verb

sorry for the mix-up

Also, it's not hyphenated.


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eye contact
–noun
i-the act of looking directly into another's eyes: We never made eye contact at any time during the interview.


ii-Psychology. a meeting of the eyes of two persons, regarded as a meaningful nonverbal form of communication.
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From Merriam-Webster Dictionary


eye contact


Main Entry: eye contact
Function: noun
Date: 1955
: visual contact with another person's eyes


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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
eye contact
NOUN:
Direct visual contact with another's eyes: “He managed to say hello to 12 people in five seconds without making eye contact with a single one” (Village Voice).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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perhaps in original English it isn't

but these days many terms can be turned into verbs

for instance if they want to search for something
don't you hear them saying :

Google it

fbook it ...