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unheard-of

[uhn-hurd-uhv, -ov, -uhv]

adjective

  1. that was never heard of; unknown.

    an unheard-of artist.

  2. such as was never known before; unprecedented.

    an unheard-of salary.

  3. shocking or outrageous.

    unheard-of conduct.



unheard-of

adjective

  1. previously unknown

    an unheard-of actress

  2. without precedent

    an unheard-of treatment

  3. highly offensive

    unheard-of behaviour

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unheard-of1

First recorded in 1585–95
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Idioms and Phrases

Very unusual, extraordinary, as in It's unheard of to have all one's money refunded two years after the purchase. This expression alludes to a circumstance so unusual that it has never been heard of. [Late 1500s]
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Example Sentences

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The New York Yankees emerged as the franchise most willing to pay players previously unheard-of salaries, inadvertently helping the efforts of Miller and Moss.

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Fortunately, large-scale firestorms are almost unheard-of in the area, in part because the region’s narrow canyons and strong prevailing winds act to direct gusts — and therefore fires — in specific directions.

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It’s unheard-of, and it’s unheard-of in a show in this way.

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“It’s almost unheard-of to have a day-and-a-half-long grand jury proceeding. We didn’t rush through anything.”

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But then the deceased was identified as David Ben-Avraham, a Palestinian who had made the almost unheard-of decision to convert from Islam to Judaism years earlier.

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