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語源 1

From 中期英語 unherd, unherde, from 古期英語 unġehīered (“unheard”), equivalent to un- +‎ heard. Cognate with West Frisian ûnheard (“unheard”), Dutch ongehoord (“unheard”), German ungehört (“unheard”).

形容詞

unheard (not comparable)

1. Not heard.

   Her cries for help remained unheard.

   • 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 33:

     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.
   • 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 as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Nor was his name unheard or unadored.

派生語

• unheard-of

語源 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

動詞

unheard

1. simple past and past participle of unhear