Unheard
adjective
Not heard or listened to.
Her pleas for help went unheard.
Often appears as...
- unheard plea
- unheard request
adjective
Not known or not common.
This is an unheard practice in our community.
Often appears as...
- unheard practice
- unheard method
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Disapproving
adjective
Something that is never heard or spoken about.
Such an idea was unheard in those times.
Often appears as...
- unheard idea
- unheard concept
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Not heard or listened to.
Her pleas for help went unheard.
Often appears as...
- unheard plea
- unheard request
adjective
Not known or not common.
This is an unheard practice in our community.
Often appears as...
- unheard practice
- unheard method
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Something that is never heard or spoken about.
Such an idea was unheard in those times.
Often appears as...
- unheard idea
- unheard concept
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Weight
Conveys a sense of neglect or disregard, often evoking sympathy for the subject.
Her contributions remained unheard, diminishing her zeal.
Pro Tip 2/2Figurative Use
Used metaphorically to express the idea of being ignored or unacknowledged.
His innovative solutions were unheard by the board.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Weight
Conveys a sense of neglect or disregard, often evoking sympathy for the subject.
Her contributions remained unheard, diminishing her zeal.
Pro Tip 2/2Figurative Use
Used metaphorically to express the idea of being ignored or unacknowledged.
His innovative solutions were unheard by the board.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Weight
Conveys a sense of neglect or disregard, often evoking sympathy for the subject.
Her contributions remained unheard, diminishing her zeal.
Pro Tip 2/2Figurative Use
Used metaphorically to express the idea of being ignored or unacknowledged.
His innovative solutions were unheard by the board.
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Charles Limb: Building...
There are almost no deaf surgeons anywhere. And this is really unheard of stuff, and this is all because of this technology. And the fact that he can play the piano like that is a testament to his brain. Truth of the matter is you can play the piano without a cochlear implant, because all you have to do is press the keys at the right time.
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Daniel Libeskind's 17...
But I rather play something completely unheard of, and even with flaws, than repeat the same thing over and over which has been hollowed by its meaninglessness. So again, memory is the city, memory is the world. Without the memory there would be no story to tell.
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The science of cells...
So we had discovered something unheard the more chronic stress you are under, the shorter your telomeres, meaning the more likely you were to fall victim to an early disease span and perhaps untimely death. Our findings meant that people's life events
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How one design flaw...
the new skyscraper had to be built on columns supporting it, like stilts. Using stilts on a building’s corners wasn’t unheard of, but because the church stood at the corner of the block, these stilts had to be placed at the center of each side.
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The path to ending...
Your father, of course, also deeply understood the anger that leads to protest. I think he said that protests are the language of the unheard. And I'm wondering what you would say to someone right now
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Visualizing the COVID-19...
when words go unheard and numbers get large so they're easy to dismiss art has to take the lead and so i wanted to use art to make the number comprehensible white is important white is the color of
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Making kindness viral PIPE...
you today about something new or an unheard of yet at the same time it has the ability the energy and the power to change and to transform this world the power of kindness the magic of
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Birth Of Baby Panda PIPE...
Incredibly, she is pushing on. To survive a three-day labour is unheard of here, and yet she is trying... hard. And then a breakthrough.
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Children of U.S. Civil...
using the mouth to mouth such suction which was unheard of during that period and evidently had helped he was captured at that battle
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Let's make history…by...
the last eyewitness account of an incredible act of athleticism, disobedience, courage, unread, unheard,
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Charles Limb: Building...
There are almost no deaf surgeons anywhere. And this is really unheard of stuff, and this is all because of this technology. And the fact that he can play the piano like that is a testament to his brain. Truth of the matter is you can play the piano without a cochlear implant, because all you have to do is press the keys at the right time.
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Daniel Libeskind's 17...
But I rather play something completely unheard of, and even with flaws, than repeat the same thing over and over which has been hollowed by its meaninglessness. So again, memory is the city, memory is the world. Without the memory there would be no story to tell.
Video examples
The science of cells...
So we had discovered something unheard the more chronic stress you are under, the shorter your telomeres, meaning the more likely you were to fall victim to an early disease span and perhaps untimely death. Our findings meant that people's life events
Video examples
How one design flaw...
the new skyscraper had to be built on columns supporting it, like stilts. Using stilts on a building’s corners wasn’t unheard of, but because the church stood at the corner of the block, these stilts had to be placed at the center of each side.
Video examples
The path to ending...
Your father, of course, also deeply understood the anger that leads to protest. I think he said that protests are the language of the unheard. And I'm wondering what you would say to someone right now
Video examples
Visualizing the COVID-19...
when words go unheard and numbers get large so they're easy to dismiss art has to take the lead and so i wanted to use art to make the number comprehensible white is important white is the color of
Video examples
Making kindness viral PIPE...
you today about something new or an unheard of yet at the same time it has the ability the energy and the power to change and to transform this world the power of kindness the magic of
Video examples
Birth Of Baby Panda PIPE...
Incredibly, she is pushing on. To survive a three-day labour is unheard of here, and yet she is trying... hard. And then a breakthrough.
Video examples
Children of U.S. Civil...
using the mouth to mouth such suction which was unheard of during that period and evidently had helped he was captured at that battle
Video examples
Let's make history…by...
the last eyewitness account of an incredible act of athleticism, disobedience, courage, unread, unheard,
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Quote examples
Rosalynn Carter
American First Lady
Many politicians, celebrities, businessmen and women, and community leaders now are open about their struggles with mental illnesses, something almost unheard of when I began. Together, we are spreading the word that mental health affects all of us and deserves our support and attention.
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Cole Sprouse
American Actor
I'm a believer that we should support various forms of representation because they clearly resonate with unheard groups of people, and for such a huge project like 'Riverdale,' this kind of representation is fundamentally important.
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Peter Falk
American Actor
In the beginning, when you're acting in amateur theater and off-Broadway, it was unheard of that anyone else would get your costume. And it was important to get a good costume. You put time into that.
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Mark Ruffalo
American Actor
Actors, like it or not, their voices carry deeply into the culture: people look towards them for attitudes, for right or wrong, and today, the mainstream media doesn't really balance the unheard.
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Winston Duke
Actor
Even being part of a world like 'Black Panther,' that is gonna be something that's deeply commercial, it still is about a narrative of people who are unseen, unheard, and unrepresented, you know?
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Freddie Mercury
British Singer
We're a very expensive group; we break a lot of rules. It's unheard of to combine opera with a rock theme, my dear .
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Jazz Jennings
American Activist
When I first appeared in the media, it was rare to see trans people on TV, and young trans kids were unheard of.
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Dr. Dre
American Musician
My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time.
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John Keats
English Poet
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
A riot is the language of the unheard.
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Rosalynn Carter
American First Lady
Many politicians, celebrities, businessmen and women, and community leaders now are open about their struggles with mental illnesses, something almost unheard of when I began. Together, we are spreading the word that mental health affects all of us and deserves our support and attention.
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Cole Sprouse
American Actor
I'm a believer that we should support various forms of representation because they clearly resonate with unheard groups of people, and for such a huge project like 'Riverdale,' this kind of representation is fundamentally important.
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Peter Falk
American Actor
In the beginning, when you're acting in amateur theater and off-Broadway, it was unheard of that anyone else would get your costume. And it was important to get a good costume. You put time into that.
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Mark Ruffalo
American Actor
Actors, like it or not, their voices carry deeply into the culture: people look towards them for attitudes, for right or wrong, and today, the mainstream media doesn't really balance the unheard.
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Winston Duke
Actor
Even being part of a world like 'Black Panther,' that is gonna be something that's deeply commercial, it still is about a narrative of people who are unseen, unheard, and unrepresented, you know?
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Freddie Mercury
British Singer
We're a very expensive group; we break a lot of rules. It's unheard of to combine opera with a rock theme, my dear .
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Jazz Jennings
American Activist
When I first appeared in the media, it was rare to see trans people on TV, and young trans kids were unheard of.
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Dr. Dre
American Musician
My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time.
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John Keats
English Poet
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
A riot is the language of the unheard.
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