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unfamed

unfamed adjective: not famed.

Adjective

unfamed (comparative more unfamed, superlative most unfamed)

  1. Not famed.
    • Ere that, I'll perish here, unfamed, forgotten!1889, George Borrow, The Death of Balder
    • O black slave singers, gone, forgot, unfamed, You--you alone, of all the long, long line Of those who've sung untaught, unknown, unnamed, Have stretched out upward, seeking the divine.1922, Edited by James Weldon Johnson, The Book of American Negro Poetry

Forms of unfamed

comparativemore unfamed
superlativemost unfamed

Origin of unfamed

From un- + famed.

Questions about unfamed

What does unfamed mean?
Unfamed means not famed.
What part of speech is unfamed?
Unfamed is an adjective.

Words near unfamed in the dictionary

  1. unfalsity
  2. unfaltering
  3. unfalteringly
  4. unfalteringness
  5. unfame
  6. unfamed
  7. unfamilial
  8. unfamiliar
  9. unfamiliarised
  10. unfamiliarities
  11. unfamiliarity

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