unheard
/ʌnˈhɜː(ɹ)d/ adjective
- adjective Not heard. “Her cries for help remained unheard.”
- adjective Not listened to. “There are no "bad" emotions; rather, there are only heard emotions and unheard emotions.”
- adjective Not known to fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure.
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.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “unheard”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details