unheard
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ʌnˈhɜː(ɹ)d/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
Etymology 1
editFrom 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
editunheard (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], 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
editTranslations
editnot heard
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not listened to
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Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editunheard
- simple past and past participle of unhear
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