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unheard-of
[uhn-hurd-uhv, -ov, -uhv]
adjective
that was never heard of; unknown.
an unheard-of artist.
such as was never known before; unprecedented.
an unheard-of salary.
shocking or outrageous.
unheard-of conduct.
unheard-of
adjective
previously unknown
an unheard-of actress
without precedent
an unheard-of treatment
highly offensive
unheard-of behaviour
Word History and Origins
Origin of unheard-of1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
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.
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.
It’s unheard-of, and it’s unheard-of in a show in this way.
“It’s almost unheard-of to have a day-and-a-half-long grand jury proceeding. We didn’t rush through anything.”
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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