Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not regarded; not heeded; not noticed; neglected; slighted.

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  • adjective Not regarded

Etymologies

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un- +‎ regarded

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Examples

  • The rule about questions was again unregarded, and the whole thing came out.

    New Treasure Seekers Edith 1925

  • Page 69 of declamation, from the corner where he sat ensconced in unregarded silence, he would suddenly sling out some sharp, swift pebble of thought, which he had been slowly rounding, and smite with an aim so keen and true as rarely failed to bring down the boastful Anakim!

    The Poems of Henry Timrod. 1872

  • She stopped outside an unregarded wooden door, checked that nobody was around, and unlocked it.

    365 tomorrows » Tiddly-om-pom-pom : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

  • You/will/be judged on the latter criteria by us, and by your poor, unthanked, unregarded, put-upon, left to rot by the hierarchy troops (who must be about * that* close to fragging some of you themselves).

    See No Evil…… (at least until the next financial year) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • She stopped outside an unregarded wooden door, checked that nobody was around, and unlocked it.

    365 tomorrows » 2009 » November : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

  • It involved blood seeping under the door of our apartment into the hallway, unregarded by the neighbors, while inside a monster killed its victims by inches.

    Aiya | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2010

  • Wells, meanwhile, humiliates humanity further by having his Martians defeated, not by humanity, but by unregarded residents of Earth who turn out to be its secret weapon.

    MIND MELD: Speculative Fiction Books Worth Reading Twice 2008

  • He retired from writing back when SF was still an unregarded niche genre, and he died over forty years ago.

    "Power" by Harl Vincent, part 3 Johnny Pez 2010

  • Their words rang offensively hollow to these two intelligence officers who had dedicated their wartime careers to returning justice to a country where human rights, civil liberties, and freedom of information had languished unregarded for more than a decade.

    HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010

  • Their words rang offensively hollow to these two intelligence officers who had dedicated their wartime careers to returning justice to a country where human rights, civil liberties, and freedom of information had languished unregarded for more than a decade.

    HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010

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