Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not announced beforehand.
  • adjective Not acknowledged or acclaimed.

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  • adjective Without prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
  • adjective Not heralded

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  • adjective without warning or announcement

Etymologies

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un- +‎ heralded

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Examples

  • * "All politics is local": The old Tip O'Neill adage took a beating for the third straight House election cycle, as a national wave swept out good campaigners and swept in unheralded and underfunded candidates.

    The Fix's 2010 Election Winners and Losers Chris Cillizza 2010

  • But while everyone around her was jockeying for the best view of Ingmar Guandique, the man who would later be convicted of Levy's murder, Amico waited patiently for the clerk to call the unheralded case of Vernon McRae, a 22-year-old Southeast man charged with fatally wounding Michael Washington, 63, during an argument in October.

    Blogger aims to chronicle every D.C. homicide victim Annys Shin 2011

  • But while everyone around her was jockeying for the best view of Ingmar Guandique, the man who would later be convicted of Levy's murder, Amico waited patiently for the clerk to call the unheralded case of Vernon McRae, a 22-year-old Southeast man charged with fatally wounding Michael Washington, 63, during an argument in October.

    Blogger aims to chronicle every D.C. homicide victim Annys Shin 2011

  • But while everyone around her was jockeying for the best view of Ingmar Guandique, the man who would later be convicted of Levy's murder, Amico waited patiently for the clerk to call the unheralded case of Vernon McRae, a 22-year-old Southeast man charged with fatally wounding Michael Washington, 63, during an argument in October.

    Blogger aims to chronicle every D.C. homicide victim Annys Shin 2011

  • But while everyone around her was jockeying for the best view of Ingmar Guandique, the man who would later be convicted of Levy's murder, Amico waited patiently for the clerk to call the unheralded case of Vernon McRae, a 22-year-old Southeast man charged with fatally wounding Michael Washington, 63, during an argument in October.

    Blogger aims to chronicle every D.C. homicide victim Annys Shin 2011

  • But while everyone around her was jockeying for the best view of Ingmar Guandique, the man who would later be convicted of Levy's murder, Amico waited patiently for the clerk to call the unheralded case of Vernon McRae, a 22-year-old Southeast man charged with fatally wounding Michael Washington, 63, during an argument in October.

    Blogger aims to chronicle every D.C. homicide victim Annys Shin 2011

  • But while everyone around her was jockeying for the best view of Ingmar Guandique, the man who would later be convicted of Levy's murder, Amico waited patiently for the clerk to call the unheralded case of Vernon McRae, a 22-year-old Southeast man charged with fatally wounding Michael Washington, 63, during an argument in October.

    Blogger aims to chronicle every D.C. homicide victim Annys Shin 2011

  • Perhaps in an area kind of unheralded where we've done the most good in the last five years is in protecting and making more portable pension plans.

    Remarks By The President At Dnc Dinner ITY National Archives 1997

  • "Those guys were unbelievable and kind of unheralded, unfortunately," said van Koeverden.

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2010

  • Circle Mirror Transformation is the kind of unheralded gem that sends people into the streets babbling and bright-eyed with the desire to spread the word.

    BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content 2010

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