underheard

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adjective

Having an insufficiently large listening audience; neglected or overlooked as a speaker or musician.

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Meanings

adjectiveunderheard (comparative more underheard, superlative most underheard)

comparative more underheard · superlative most underheard

  1. Having an insufficiently large listening audience; neglected or overlooked as a speaker or musician.

    One was that waitresses, among the underheard icons of America, would have many important things to say about their work.

    2007 June 17, Alison Owings, “Here to Take Your Order (and Biting Their Tongues)”, in New York Times

Origin

From under- + heard.

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APA

underheard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underheard

MLA

“underheard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underheard. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underheard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underheard.

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