adj
Meaning 1
Not heard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Her cries for help remained unheard.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unheard
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ʌnˈhɜː(ɹ)d/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)d
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 N HH ER1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Not listened to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- There are no "bad" emotions; rather, there are only heard emotions and unheard emotions.
- c. 1693?, John Dryden, Amaryllis What pangs I feel, unpitied and unheard!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Not known to fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of unhear
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
not necessarily inaudible but not heard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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”).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: нечут (nečut) — not heard
- Danish: uhørt — not heard
- French: non écouté — not heard
- French: non entendu — not heard
- French: inouï — not heard
- Hindi: अनसुना (ansunā) — not heard
- Manx: neuchlinnit — not heard
- Norwegian Bokmål: uhørt — not heard
- Portuguese: inaudito — not heard
- Russian: неслы́шный (neslýšnyj) — not heard
- Russian: неслы́шимый (neslýšimyj) — not heard
- Russian: неуслы́шанный (neuslýšannyj) — not heard
- Spanish: inaudito — not heard
- Telugu: వినని (vinani) — not heard
- Danish: uhørt — not listened to
- Norwegian Bokmål: uhørt — not listened to
- Russian: неуслы́шанный (neuslýšannyj) — not listened to
- Russian: невы́слушанный (nevýslušannyj) — not listened to