UNHERALDED Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

unheralded

adjective

Definition of unheralded

as in unsung

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Recent Examples of unheralded Speaking of Cryer, the Houston product went from unheralded addition to the summer league roster to a rotation player in Golden State. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 3 July 2026 Identifying unheralded players is hard. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026 One of the 20 unheralded lottery winners, William ten Broeke, has quietly supported medical research and education through an Atlanta foundation. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026 The 27-year-old catcher, who started 106 games behind the plate in his rookie season last year for the Red Sox, has seen his playing time cut in recent weeks thanks to the emergence of unheralded journeyman Mickey Gasper. — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for unheralded

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An unsung suburb of Houston, the city is named for nearby Rice University.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Coveted within the Leeward Antilles, Curaçao remains an unsung sanctuary of natural beauty and wildlife.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2026

Definition of unsung

Adjective

The phenomenon reflects the recent evolution of the venture capital industry, the emergence of two extraordinary companies that have raised unheard-of sums of money, and the wide-open competition among them and others in AI.

— Paresh Dave, Wired News, 5 June 2026
Jackson's stretch of debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 now includes seven decades – a nearly unheard-of feat, considering the tally was only introduced in the late '50s, about 10 years before Jackson and his brothers first appeared.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026

Definition of unheard-of

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Beyond the bounds of Delft, the living Vermeer was largely uncelebrated.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
That would be the Lincoln Academy, a commendable but nevertheless relatively uncelebrated nonprofit, non-partisan organization that has been around since the mid-1960s and will induct a new group on April 11 in ceremonies on the campus of Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026

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