unheard-of

See also: unheard of

English

Alternative forms

• unheard of

Adjective

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

1. Previously unknown; unprecedented.
   • 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, chapter 10, 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.

2. Unknown or known to only few people.

Translations

previously unknown; unprecedented

• Bulgarian: нечуван (bg) (nečuvan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聞所未聞／闻所未闻 (zh) (wénsuǒwèiwén)

• Danish: uhørt, uerhørt, uset
• 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)
• Swedish: oerhörd (sv), hittils okänd
• Tocharian B: eṅklyauṣätte
• Turkish: duyulmadık
• Ukrainian: нечу́ваний (nečúvanyj)