uncelebratedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈsɛlᵻbreɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈsɛləˌbreɪdᵻd/ 1. Not observed with festivities or in some formal manner; not specially honoured or extolled.
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1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. (ed. 2) 18 Nor was..our victory..unpraisd or uncelebrated in a written monument.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 253 Thus was the first Day Eev'n and Morn: Nor past uncelebrated, nor unsung By the Celestial Quires. View more context for this quotation
1736 A. Pope Corr. 30 Dec. (1956) IV. 49 I have seen a royal birth-day uncelebrated, but by one vile Ode, and one hired bonfire.
1781 A. Grant Let. July in Lett. from Mountains (1809) II. 75 The freedom, ease, and gaiety, which..has not passed uncelebrated or unsung.
a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1849) 2nd Ser. 138/1 Christmas uncelebrated there.
2. Not famed or renowned.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > [adjective]
namelessc1330
ungloriousa1382
unfamousc1384
unglorifieda1395
unrenowned1525
gloryless1540
obscurec1540
incelebrateda1552
honourlessa1560
unnoted1566
eclipsed1587
irrenowned1590
inglorious1591
ungraced1595
unreputed1596
reputeless1598
unreckoned1599
undistinguished1600
unfamed1609
without name1611
unremarkable1628
uncried up1631
undignified1716
unapplauded1739
uncelebrated1740
renownless1821
bannerlessc1850
untrumpeted1859
anonymous1860
reportlessc1865
unillustrious1885
obscured1891
statusless1899
unarrived1902
1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xiv. 262 There came over from the Dublin Theatre two uncelebrated actors, to pick up a few pence among us.
1782 V. Knox Ess. I. lxvi. 288 Such is that uncelebrated virtue, common and moral honesty.
1840 N. P. Willis Loiterings of Trav. III. 38 This out-of-door's world, unvisited and uncelebrated.
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