unheard
pronunciation
How to pronounce unheard in British English:
UK [ʌnˈhɜ:d]
How to pronounce unheard in American English:
US [ʌnˈhɜrd]
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- Adjective:
- not necessarily inaudible but not heard
Word Origin
- unheard (adj.)
- c. 1300 "not detected by sense of hearing," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of hear. Meaning "unknown, new" is attested from late 14c. (Old English had ungehered in this sense). Usually with of since 1590s. Similar formation in Old Norse oheyrðr, Danish uhørt, Middle Dutch ongehoort, Old High German ungehoret.
Example
- 1. But almost everybody in the united states right now likes barack obama : polls give him an approval rating above 80 % , unheard of for a president-elect .
- 2. Though common with bridges , such bearings are practically unheard of with entire buildings .
- 3. Such improvements , small though they may seem , are almost unheard of in psychiatry .
- 4. The a-12 was about 93 percent titanium , a material then unheard of for aircraft design .
- 5. Something unheard of within your reality ?