unheard
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
unheard (not comparable)
- Not heard.
- Her cries for help remained unheard.
- Not listened to.
- c. 1693?, John Dryden, Amaryllis
- What pangs I feel, unpitied and unheard!
- c. 1693?, John Dryden, Amaryllis
- Not known to fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- Nor was his name unheard or unadored.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
not heard
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not listened to
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
unheard
- simple past and past participle of unhear