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Webster 1913 Edition
Unheard-of
Un-heard′-of
,Adj.
New; unprecedented; unparalleled.
Swift.
Definition 2024
unheard-of
unheard-of
See also: unheard of
English
Adjective
unheard-of (comparative more unheard-of, superlative most unheard-of)
- Previously unknown; unprecedented.
- 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 9
- Starvation in the uplands was not an unheard-of thing […]
- 2004, Peter Bondanella, Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys, and Sopranos, chapter 4, 175:
- Prohibition produced the immense and previously unheard-of wealth that launched truly organized crime in America.
- 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 9
Translations
previously unknown; unprecedented