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adjectivenot sung; not uttered or rendered by singing. not celebrated in song or verse; not praised or acclaimed: the unsung heroes of the war. Origin of unsung1375–1425 for def. 1; 1660–70 for def. 2; late Middle English; see un-1, sung Words nearby unsungunsuccess, unsuccessful, unsuitable, unsuited, unsullied, unsung, unsupervised, unsupportable, unsupported, unsure, unsurmountable Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unsungAmong the characters to be portrayed were the people I had written about—the unsung heroes of the Selma campaign. Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’|Gary May|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST There is, however, one unsung hero to this otherwise tawdry story. The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero|Clive Irving|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST There, in his cluttered office at the end of a gravel lane, I came face to face with one of my unsung literary heroes. A Ghostwriter Steps Out of the Shadows|Bill Morris|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Song of my soul, my voice is dead; Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa. Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In this exclusive web video series, meet the NHL's unsung players and crews. Beyond the Fame: Meet Professional Hockey's Forgotten Foot Soldiers|Jake Heller|February 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST We suffer maidens sweet as the dreams of poets to waste their beauty unpraised and unsung. For Faith and Freedom|Walter Besant Unsung, un-sung′, adj. not celebrated in song, forgotten: not yet sung. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various The martyr who discovered that virtue is its own reward, died unwept, unhonoured, unsung. The Paliser case|Edgar Saltus One may bring the greatest and most marvellous thing to perfection; it must yet go down to Orcus unhonoured and unsung. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II)|Friedrich Nietzsche Through him mortal men are famed or un-famed, sung or unsung alike, as great Zeus wills. Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica|Homer and Hesiod
British Dictionary definitions for unsung
adjectivenot acclaimed or honouredunsung deeds not yet sung Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unsungoverlooked, neglected, anonymous, unrecognized, unacknowledged, forgotten, nameless, undistinguished, unknown, unnamed, disregarded, unacclaimed, unglorified, unhonored, unrenowned |