unsung

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6
Pronunciation
/ˌʌnˈsʌŋ/ (UK)

Definition of unsung

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Which has not been lauded or appreciated.
    “The backstage crew of the movie were the unsung heroes.”
    “Only when one has seen a Control Office at first-hand does one realise the vast amount of unsparing but largely unsung work that is behind the eventual publication, perhaps, of a paragraph in this journal's "Motive Power Miscellany" recording the appearance, within hours of the complete blockage of a main line, of many of its trains, passenger and freight, on routes quite foreign to them; and of effective emergency services either side of the disaster area.”
    “He said: "Every day, thousands of unsung women and men go to work to keep London moving and to make this city better, cleaner and safer for everyone. [...]"”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Which has not been lauded or appreciated.
    “The backstage crew of the movie were the unsung heroes.”
    “Only when one has seen a Control Office at first-hand does one realise the vast amount of unsparing but largely unsung work that is behind the eventual publication, perhaps, of a paragraph in this journal's "Motive Power Miscellany" recording the appearance, within hours of the complete blockage of a main line, of many of its trains, passenger and freight, on routes quite foreign to them; and of effective emergency services either side of the disaster area.”
    “He said: "Every day, thousands of unsung women and men go to work to keep London moving and to make this city better, cleaner and safer for everyone. [...]"”
  2. (not-comparable)Not sung.
    “The third hymn remained unsung.”

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Etymology

From un- + sung.

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