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# unheard

«unheard» in Mova's school dictionary: **not heard by anyone, or not listened to** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (unheard)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Unheard means not heard by anyone, or not listened to. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unheard/#m1)

2) Unheard of (phrase) means never known or done before, very unusual. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unheard/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and life it describes voices or feelings that nobody pays attention to. "Unheard of" is common in news and everyday talk. Phrases: go unheard, unheard of, voices unheard.

### examples

- Her cry for help went unheard in the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unheard/#x1)
- Snow in July is almost unheard of here. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unheard/#x2)
- Children's ideas often go unheard, so the school started a pupil council. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unheard/#x3)
- My knock was unheard because the music was so loud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unheard/#x4)
- It was unheard of for a nine-year-old to win the chess cup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unheard/#x5)
- Let the unheard voices speak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unheard/#x6)
- "It is an unheard-of thing," said Noureddin, "that a fisherman should be in correspondence with a king." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unheard/#x7)

### note

Adjective from un- + heard. "Unheard of" is a fixed phrase; before a noun write "an unheard-of idea" with hyphens. Do not confuse with unhurt (not injured).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unheard» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unheard/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.