unheralded

English

WOTD – 9 April 2012

Etymology

From un- +‎ heralded.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈhɛɹəldɪd/

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Adjective

unheralded (not comparable)

1. Without prior warning; unexpected or unannounced.
   • 1964 June 16, “Surprise Strike Stops Traffic On 6 Railroads”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 3:

     Union trainmen stopped traffic on six midcontinent railroads with an unheralded strike yesterday, but some railroads said they expected to resume service by early today.

2. Not greeted with excitement or acclaim.
   • 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     We all know how genius “Kamp Krusty,” “A Streetcar Named Marge,” “Homer The Heretic,” “Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie” and “Mr. Plow” are, but even the relatively unheralded episodes offer wall-to-wall laughs and some of the smartest, darkest, and weirdest gags ever Trojan-horsed into a network cartoon with a massive family audience.

Related terms

• herald

Translations

Without prior warning; unexpected or unannounced

• Catalan: inesperat
• Dutch: onverwacht (nl), onaangekondigd (nl)
• Finnish: odottamaton (fi)
• French: sans tambour ni trompette (fr), sans préavis
• Georgian: გაუფრთხილებლად (gauprtxileblad)
• German: unerwartet (de)
• Italian: senza avviso previo
• Macedonian: ненајавен (nenajaven)
• Polish: nieoczekiwany (pl)
• Romanian: neașteptat (ro), neprevăzut (ro), intempestiv (ro)
• Russian: необъявленный (ru) (neobʺjavlennyj)
• Spanish: no anunciado, sin expectativa, inesperado (es)
• Swedish: oväntad (sv), oannonserad