adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
unheard of
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Travel for pleasure was almost unheard of until the 19th century.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
almost
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The vacation hardship allowance was almost unheard of and was not being demanded.
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I've never been in a fire in a theatre before - thankfully they're almost unheard of.
previously
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The new engine will produce a power output previously unheard of for a Harley.
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Tail-less rabbits are previously unheard of, and the reasons for their sudden evolution are unknown.
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There are other workers in the field to ask new questions of old material, to listen to voices previously unheard .
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When new computer sounds were made, the dolphin could immediately and with great accuracy copy the previously unheard sounds.
virtually
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The council had no legal obligation to buy back the property and previous repurchases were virtually unheard of.
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Unlike necrotizing fasciitis, the toxic shock caused by strep infection was virtually unheard of 10 years ago.
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Not bad for a man who 10 years ago was virtually unheard of.
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For some one like Giscard to insist that the franc is overvalued is virtually unheard of.
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The kinds of pathologies that beset the inner-city poor today were virtually unheard of in Brownsville or East New York.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Sadly, our voice went unheard at the time.
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The proposals went largely unheard because we remained on a semi-war footing throughout the Cold War.