unheard

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈhɜː(ɹ)d/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d

Etymology 1

From Middle English unherd, unherde, from Old English unġehīered (“unheard”), equivalent to un- +‎ heard. Cognate with West Frisian ûnheard (“unheard”), Dutch ongehoord (“unheard”), German ungehört (“unheard”).

Adjective

unheard (not comparable)

1. Not heard.

   Her cries for help remained unheard.

2. Not listened to.
   • c. 1693?, John Dryden, Amaryllis

     What pangs I feel, unpitied and unheard!

3. Not known to fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Nor was his name unheard or unadored.

Derived terms

• unheard-of

Translations

not heard

• Bulgarian: нечут (nečut)
• Danish: uhørt
• French: non écouté m, non entendu m, inouï (fr)
• Manx: neuchlinnit
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uhørt

• Portuguese: inaudito (pt)
• Russian: неслы́шный (ru) (neslýšnyj), неслы́шимый (ru) (neslýšimyj), неуслы́шанный (neuslýšannyj)
• Spanish: inaudito (es)
• Telugu: వినని (vinani)

not listened to

• Danish: uhørt
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uhørt

• Russian: неуслы́шанный (neuslýšannyj), невы́слушанный (nevýslušannyj)

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} no oído, ^{(please verify)} no atendido

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

unheard

1. simple past and past participle of unhear