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Webster 1913 Edition


Unheard-of

Un-heard′-of

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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)

  1. 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.

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