unheard
/ʌnˈhɜː(ɹ)d/
unheard adjective: not heard. Also the simple past and past participle of unhear.
Adjective
unheard (not comparable)
- Not heard.
- Her cries for help remained unheard.
- When night had fallen, the she-demon stole forth toward the hall, which she entered unheard and unseen.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 33
- Not listened to.
- 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!
- Not known to fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure.
- Nor was his name unheard or unadored.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...
Also used as
unheard is also the simple past and past participle of unhear.
unheard meaning in Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam
unheard in Hindi
- not heard
- अनसुना ansunā
unheard in Telugu
- not heard
- వినని vinani
unheard in Malayalam
- കേട്ടുകേൾവിയില്ലാത്തവർ
Examples of unheard in a sentence
- Howsoever they pleaded, their pleas went unheard.
- A hundred years ago, a midwife would bring the baby into the world - going to a hospital to deliver a baby was either impossible or unheard of.
- Don Pape, for hearing unheard voices, for unyielding ad-vocacy, and for your bright mirth.
Origin of unheard
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.
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Questions about unheard
- What does unheard mean?
- Unheard means not heard.
- What is unheard in Hindi?
- Unheard in Hindi is अनसुना (ansunā). See Unheard meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is unheard?
- Unheard is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unheard?
- Unheard is pronounced /ʌnˈhɜː(ɹ)d/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unheard (page history and authors); unheard (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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