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unheard-of

unheard-of adjective: previously unknown; unprecedented.

Adjective

unheard-of (comparative more unheard-of, superlative most unheard-of)

  1. Previously unknown; unprecedented.
    • He was […] none of your unconscionable blades, requiring impossible chops, and taking unheard-of pickles for granted.1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 10.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 289
    • Starvation in the uplands was not an unheard-of thing; […]1912 January, Zane Grey, “Silver Spruce and Aspens”, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 114

unheard-of meaning in Malayalam and Kannada

unheard-of in Malayalam

കേൾക്കപ്പെടാത്ത, ശ്രുതിഗോചരമല്ലാത്ത

unheard-of in Kannada

ಕಂಡು ಕೇಳರಿಯದ, ಹಿಂದೆಂದೂ ಮಾಡದ

Forms of unheard-of

comparativemore unheard-of
superlativemost unheard-of
alternative formunheard of

Questions about unheard-of

What does unheard-of mean?
Unheard-of means previously unknown; unprecedented.
What is unheard-of in Malayalam?
Unheard-of in Malayalam is കേൾക്കപ്പെടാത്ത, ശ്രുതിഗോചരമല്ലാത്ത. See Unheard-of meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is unheard-of?
Unheard-of is an adjective.

Words near unheard-of in the dictionary

  1. unheaped
  2. unhear
  3. unhearable
  4. unheard
  5. unheard of
  6. unheard-of
  7. unhearing
  8. unhearingly
  9. unhears
  10. unhearse
  11. unheart

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unheard-of (page history and authors); unheard-of (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unheard-of (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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