unsung
unsung
Definition
un·sung (un suŋ′, un′suŋ′)
adjective
- not sung
- not honored or celebrated, as in song or poetry
Etymology: LME unsonge
- unsunk
- unsupervised
- unsupportable
- unsupported
- unsuppressed
- unsure
- unsurmountable
- unsurpassable
- unsurpassed
- unsurprised
unsung
Synonyms
unsung
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- hero: I would like to make special mention of the unsung heroes who support the playing side of the club.
- heroine: She is the great unsung heroine of British feminism.
- genius: Mel was, I think, an unsung genius.
- success: The environment is an unsung success of European policy.
- role: Carers Labor recognizes the often unsung role that millions of carers perform every day.
- work: The day owes much of its success to the unsung work of Alison Sloman.
Modifying Another Word
- largely: This year the reports were fairly uneventful, which is a tribute to the largely unsung work which goes on behind the scenes.
- relatively: Yet these very individuals who contributed so much to our modern gardens, and daily lives are relatively unsung heroes.
- often: The people who work in these homes are often unsung heroes who care deeply about the people they care for.
- previously: And don't forget the emergence of previously unsung African and Asian players at recent championships.
- usually: And speaking of vocals, Universal United House of Prayer is the first album that highlights Miller`s usually unsung talent: his singing.
- merely: Racing staff are the sine qua non of racing: at present they are merely unsung and undervalued heroes.
Used with adjective complement
- go: The many benefits of volunteering often go unsung - the good you do for others tends to eclipse the good it does for you.
- remain: Index of Poems Waiting The song I came to sing remains unsung to this day.
- leave: You sing whatever immortal Homer left unsung, so the Trojan War won't lack the final touch.
- recognize: For the fourth year 106.9 Silk FM are organizing a Local Hero Awards scheme to recognize unsung ' local heroes ' in East Cheshire.
Browse dictionary entries near unsung
- unsuitable
- unsuccessful
- unsubstantiated
- unsubstantial
- unstudied
- unstuck
- unstrung
- Unstructured External and Internal Threats
- unstructured
- unstring
- unsure
- unsurpassed
- unsuspected
- unsuspecting
- unswathe
- unswayed
- unswear
- unswerving
- unsymmetrical
- unsympathetic
