John is the middle child and the favorite. A rather unheard-of phenomenon.
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Unheard-of
Synonyms for "unheard-of" (93 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (46)
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33 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄπυστος adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
Bulgarian
1 entries- нечуван adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 聞所未聞 /闻所未闻 adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
Danish
3 entries- uerhørt adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
- uhørt adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
- uset adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
Esperanto
1 entries- neaŭdita adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
Finnish
1 entries- ennenkuulumaton adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
French
2 entries- inouï adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
- sans précédent adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
German
4 entries- beispiellos adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
- bisher unbekannt adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
- bislang nicht gekannt adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
- einmalig adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
Latin
1 entries- inaudītus adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
Macedonian
1 entries- нечуен adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- uhørt adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
Polish
1 entries- niesłychany adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
Portuguese
1 entries- sem precedentes adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
Romanian
2 entries- nemaiauzit adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
- nemaipomenit adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
Russian
1 entries- неслы́ханный adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
Spanish
4 entries- inaudito adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
- insólito adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
- inédito adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
- que nunca se ha visto adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
Swedish
2 entries- hittils okänd adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
- oerhörd adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
Tocharian B
1 entries- eṅklyauṣätte adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
Turkish
1 entries- duyulmadık adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
Ukrainian
1 entries- нечу́ваний adj (previously unknown; unprecedented)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
He was […] none of your unconscionable blades, requiring impossible chops, and taking unheard-of pickles for granted.
Source: wiktionary
Starvation in the uplands was not an unheard-of thing; […]
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Prohibition produced the immense and previously unheard-of wealth that launched truly organized crime in America.
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