unheeded

Opening her bag of lunch which had lain unheeded in her lap, she turned to him with a queer, little laugh, "I don't know why I'm so talking myself out to you –"

Hungry Hearts 1920

The Crash of 1929 announced a recession, and the wake-up call unheeded might have caused many of the bad policies leading to the Great Depression.

Ignore the Stock Market Until February 2008

The noon-hour pealed from the brazen throats of many bells, and the numerous hoarse whistles of the steam-boats called the unheeded luncheon-time to the levee workers.

The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson 1905

But as he walked towards Farfrae's door he recalled the unheeded doings in the yard while he had lain above in a sort of stupor.

The Mayor of Casterbridge 1887

But as he walked towards Farfrae's door he recalled the unheeded doings in the yard while he had lain above in a sort of stupor.

The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy 1884

Now, however, I was like one to whom some important thing has been told, who, scarcely hearing and straightway forgetting, goes about his affairs; but, lying awake at night in the silence of his chamber, recalls the unheeded words and perceives their full significance.

A Crystal Age 1881

Perceptions slide in and out of focus as the waterfalls and avalanches are intermittently "unheeded" and "unseen."

Paranoid Politics: Shelley and the _Quarterly Review_ 1997

Rep. Spencer Bachus R., Ala. called the report's conclusions "stunning," adding that "Who knows how many reports of waste, fraud and abuse have gone unheeded and unaddressed?"

Housing Regulator Missed Chance to Probe Taylor, Bean Fraud, Report Says Alan Zibel 2011

At a time when the NHS is going through changes there's a risk that the progress made will be lost, and the health needs and human rights of people with a learning disability left unheeded.

The NHS must accelerate its reforms on treating learning disabled patients 2012

Had the previous administration placed the call for help it would've gone unheeded and unanswered.

NATO to commit at least 5,000 more troops to Afghanistan 2009