unheralded

English

WOTD – 9 April 2012

Etymology

un- +‎ heralded

Pronunciation

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Adjective

unheralded (not comparable)

1. Without prior warning; unexpected or unannounced.
2. Not greeted with excitement or acclaim.
   • 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     We all know how genius “Kamp Krusty,” “A Streetcar Named Marge,” “Homer The Heretic,” “Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie” and “Mr. Plow” are, but even the relatively unheralded episodes offer wall-to-wall laughs and some of the smartest, darkest, and weirdest gags ever Trojan-horsed into a network cartoon with a massive family audience.

Related terms

• herald

Translations

Without prior warning; unexpected or unannounced

• Catalan: inesperat
• Dutch: onverwacht (nl), onaangekondigd (nl)
• Finnish: odottamaton (fi)
• French: sans tambour ni trompette (fr), sans préavis
• Georgian: გაუფრთხილებლად (gauprtxileblad)
• German: unerwartet (de)
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• Italian: senza avviso previo
• Polish: nieoczekiwany (pl)
• Romanian: neașteptat (ro), neprevăzut (ro), intempestiv (ro)
• Russian: необъявленный (ru) (neobʺjavlennyj)
• Spanish: no anunciado, sin expectativa f, inesperado (es)
• Swedish: oväntad (sv), oannonserad