unheard

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʌnˈhɜː(ɹ)d/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
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)

Not heard.
Her cries for help remained unheard.
Not listened to.
- c. 1693?, John Dryden, Amaryllis
  What pangs I feel, unpitied and unheard!
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

simple past and past participle of unhear