unheard-of

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See also: unheard of

English

Alternative forms

unheard of

Adjective

unheard-of (comparative more unheard-of, superlative most unheard-of)

Previously unknown; unprecedented.
- 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 10.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, , →OCLC, page 289:
  He was none of your unconscionable blades, requiring impossible chops, and taking unheard-of pickles for granted.
- 1912 January, Zane Grey, “Silver Spruce and Aspens”, in Riders of the Purple Sage , New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 114:
  Starvation in the uplands was not an unheard-of thing;
- 2004, Peter Bondanella, chapter 4, in Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys, and Sopranos, page 175:
  Prohibition produced the immense and previously unheard-of wealth that launched truly organized crime in America.

Translations

previously unknown; unprecedented

Bulgarian: нечуван (bg) (nečuvan)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聞所未聞 / 闻所未闻 (zh) (wénsuǒwèiwén)
Danish: uhørt, uerhørt, uset
Esperanto: neaŭdita
Finnish: ennenkuulumaton
French: inouï (fr), sans précédent (fr)
German: einmalig (de), unerhört (de), bisher unbekannt, bislang nicht gekannt, beispiellos (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἄπυστος (ápustos)
Latin: inaudītus
Macedonian: нечуен (nečuen)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: uhørt
Polish: niesłychany (pl)
Portuguese: sem precedentes
Romanian: nemaiauzit (ro), nemaipomenit (ro)
Russian: неслы́ханный (ru) (neslýxannyj)
Spanish: inaudito (es), insólito (es), sin precedente, inédito (es), que nunca se ha visto
Swedish: oerhörd (sv), hittils okänd
Tocharian B: eṅklyauṣätte
Turkish: duyulmadık
Ukrainian: нечу́ваний (nečúvanyj)

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