UNHEARD OF

Definition: UNHEARD OF

UNHEARD OF

1. (a) Not heard of; of which there are no tidings. (b) Unknown to fame; obscure. --Glanvill.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Ignorance

Uninvestigated, unexplored, unheard of, not perceived; concealed; novel.

Improbability

Rare; (infrequent); unheard of, inconceivable; unimaginable, inimaginable; incredible; more than doubtful; strange, bizarre (uncomformable).

Inexpectation

Unexpected, unanticipated, unpredicted, unlooked for, unforeseen, unhoped for; dropped from the clouds; beyond expectation, contrary to expectation, against expectation, against all expectation; out of one's reckoning; unheard of; (exceptional); startling, surprising; sudden; (instantaneous).

Infrequency

Adjective: unfrequent, infrequent; rare, rare as a blue diamond; few; scarce; almost unheard of, unprecedented, which has not occurred within the memory of the oldest inhabitant, not within one's previous experience; not since Adam.

Unconformity

Newfangled, novel, non-classical; original, unconventional, unheard of, unfamiliar; undescribed, unprecedented, unparalleled, unexampled.

Wonder

Wonderful, wondrous; surprising; Verb: unexpected; unheard of; mysterious; (inexplicable); miraculous.

Crosswords: UNHEARD OF

Hull breaches are nearly unheard of on Leviathans- (Farscape; writing credit: Olivier Cauvin)

Me be treated like a punk you know that's unheard of (Gangsta's Paradise; performing artist: Coolio)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Wonder man from the eigth [sic] demension [sic] the sensation of today!--A small cave at the mouth of a river is the source of the unheard of eighth demension [sic] "strength ...". Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

This denoted an unheard of agitation.

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Business

Whereas several years ago a package deal would have been unheard of, it is now a mainstream concept that is seeing success. (references)

They also offer levels of training and support that are unheard of in the U.S. most vendors give free training to anyone, even if they don't purchase that vendor's PC. Most foreign companies are not used to providing the levels of service and support that Korean customers are accustomed to, and present price levels leave little room to compete purely on price. (references)

Economic History

Poland

Checks are almost unheard of. Cash machine networks are now extensive and continue to grow quickly. (references)

Korea

Four years or more is not unheard of for a final decision using the legal process, and even then, there is no guarantee that the U.S. company would win. (references)

Japan

In areas where deregulation effectively took place, such as consumer goods, markets experienced explosive growth and imports reached previously unheard of highs. (references)

Human Rights

Yemen

Capital punishment usually is carried out by firing squad; stoning is almost unheard of, but was approved in this case due to the unusual brutality of the crime. (references)

Travel

Uruguay

Business breakfasts, while not unheard of, are not common. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Arabic 

‏مجهول سابقا, ‏مجهول (anonymous, byway, indefinite, indiscernible, nameless, obscure, unbeknown, uncharted, unknown, unnamed), ‏لم يسمع به. (various references)

Bulgarian 

странен (bizarre, comic, comical, fantastic, fantastical, freakish, funny, grotesque, novel, odd, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, remarkable, rum, rummy, screwy, singular, strange, uncanny, unco, weird, whimsical), нечуван (egregious, outrageous, ungodly, unprecedented), необикновен (devilish, different, distinct, exceptional, extraordinary, extreme, freak, freakish, novel, out, out of the ordinary, out of the way, phenomenal, portentous, quaint, remarkable, singular, special, unaccustomed, unaverage, uncommon, unconventional, unusual, weird), небивал (howling, unparalleled), безпрецедентен (unexampled, unparalleled, unprecedented). (various references)

Czech

neslýchaný (unheard, unparalleled, unprecedented). (various references)

Finnish

ennen kuulumaton. (various references)

French

sans précédent (unparalleled, unprecedented), inouï. (various references)

German

unerhört (egregious, enormous, incredible, outrageous, outrageously, unconscionable, undreamt, unprecedented), noch nicht dagewesen, gänzlich unbekannt, einmalig (amazing, fantastic, nonrecurring, one off, one shot, one-time, single, singular, unique, uniquely, unmatched, unparallel, unparalleled, unrepeatable). (various references)

Hebrew 

שלא � שמע כמו�"ו, חסר תק�"ים (unexampled, unprecedented). (various references)

Hungarian

ismeretlen (anon, anonymous, faceless, faraway, incognito, it is unknown, little known, nameless, obscure, occult, unacquainted, unbeknown, unco, unfamiliar, unheard-of, unidentified, unknown), hallatlan (egregious, unheard-of, unprecedented). (various references)

Indonesian

ambring-ambringan (indescribable). (various references)

Italian

senza precedenti. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

未曾有 (unprecedented). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

みぞう (unprecedented), みそう (unprecedented). (various references)

Pig Latin

eardunhay ofay

Romanian

nemaipomenit (abject, bright, bully, egregious, lovely, lumme, magnificent, nut, priceless, sad, tremendous, unbelievable, unparalleled, unprecedented), nemaiauzit (unheard), fãrã precedent (beyond example, without example). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nezapamćen (immemorial), nečuven (egregious, outrageous, ungodly). (various references)

Spanish

inaudito (outrageously, undreamt, unheard). (various references)

Swedish

oerhörd (egregious, enormous, exorbitant, prodigious). (various references)

Turkish

yakası açılmadık, tanınmamış (inglorious, unnoted, unrecognized, unsung), inanılmaz (beyond belief, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, implausible, inconceivable, incredible, steep, stiff, unbelievable, unreliable), eşi görülmemiş (unprecedented), eşi benzeri görülmemiş (unprecedented), duyulmamış (unheard, unsung). (various references)

Ukrainian

нечуваний. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: forehand.

-2 letters: founder, hounder, refound, rondeau, unheard.

-3 letters: around, dehorn, dhurna, dourah, enduro, fedora, fonder, fondue, furane, hadron, harden, horned, refund, undoer, unread.

-4 letters: adore, adorn, afore, anode, denar, doura, drone, fader, fared, feuar, foehn, fondu, found, fraud, frena, frond, furan, hared, heard, heron, hoard, honda, honed, honer, horde, hound, nuder, oared, oread, radon.