unheard-of

See also: unheard of

English

Adjective

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

1. Previously unknown; unprecedented.
   • 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 9, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:

     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.

Translations

previously unknown; unprecedented

• Danish: uhørt, uerhørt, uset
• Finnish: ennenkuulumaton
• French: inouï (fr)
• German: einmalig (de), unerhört (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄπυστος (ápustos)

• Latin: inaudītus
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• Macedonian: нечуен (nečuen)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uhørt

• Portuguese: sem precedentes
• Spanish: inaudito (es)
• Swedish: oerhörd (sv), hittils okänd