unheard
AdjektivVerbin Dialogen belegt
- //ʌnˈhɜː(ɹ)d//
Not heard.
Adjektiv
- 1
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.
- 2
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!
- 3
Not known to fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure.
Nor was his name unheard or unadored.
Herkunft
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”).
Verb
- 1
Auch eine Form von unhearsimple past and past participle of unhear
Herkunft
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.