"unheard-of" meaning in All languages combined

See unheard-of on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more unheard-of [comparative], most unheard-of [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} unheard-of (comparative more unheard-of, superlative most unheard-of)
  1. Previously unknown; unprecedented. Translations (previously unknown; unprecedented): ἄπυστος (ápustos) (Ancient Greek), нечуван (nečuvan) (Bulgarian), 聞所未聞 (Chinese Mandarin), 闻所未闻 (wénsuǒwèiwén) (Chinese Mandarin), uhørt (Danish), uerhørt (Danish), uset (Danish), ennenkuulumaton (Finnish), inouï (French), sans précédent (French), einmalig (German), unerhört (German), bisher unbekannt (German), bislang nicht gekannt (German), beispiellos (German), inaudītus (Latin), нечуен (nečuen) (Macedonian), uhørt (Norwegian Bokmål), niesłychany (Polish), sem precedentes (Portuguese), nemaiauzit (Romanian), nemaipomenit (Romanian), неслы́ханный (neslýxannyj) (Russian), inaudito (Spanish), oerhörd (Swedish), hittils okänd (Swedish), eṅklyauṣätte (Tocharian B), duyulmadık (Turkish), нечу́ваний (nečúvanyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-unheard-of-en-adj-e7pHTlEP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English negative polarity items, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English negative polarity items: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'previously unknown; unprecedented': 83 17
  2. Unknown or known to only few people.
    Sense id: en-unheard-of-en-adj-lX4~Samu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unheard of

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "previously unknown; unprecedented",
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      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "previously unknown; unprecedented",
      "word": "inaudītus"
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      "sense": "previously unknown; unprecedented",
      "word": "нечуен"
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      "sense": "previously unknown; unprecedented",
      "word": "uhørt"
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      "sense": "previously unknown; unprecedented",
      "word": "niesłychany"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "previously unknown; unprecedented",
      "word": "sem precedentes"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "previously unknown; unprecedented",
      "word": "nemaiauzit"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "previously unknown; unprecedented",
      "word": "nemaipomenit"
    },
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      "sense": "previously unknown; unprecedented",
      "word": "неслы́ханный"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "previously unknown; unprecedented",
      "word": "inaudito"
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      "sense": "previously unknown; unprecedented",
      "word": "oerhörd"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "previously unknown; unprecedented",
      "word": "hittils okänd"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "previously unknown; unprecedented",
      "word": "eṅklyauṣätte"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "previously unknown; unprecedented",
      "word": "duyulmadık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nečúvanyj",
      "sense": "previously unknown; unprecedented",
      "word": "нечу́ваний"
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}

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