unheeded

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adjective

Not heeded; not listened to; ignored

Similar
ignoredneglectedunnoticed
OriginEnglish heeded ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunheeded (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot heeded; not listened to; ignored
    1 more example

    The TSSA said that access to the furlough scheme should be reinstated for the cross-Channel operator to protect jobs, while the RMT said a financial 'safety net' was needed to prevent Eurostar "tipping over". It follows similar but unheeded calls made at the very start of the pandemic, when international travel fell by more than 95% and Eurostar was forced to scale back its operation to just one service between London and Paris each day.

    2022 January 12, “Network News: Unions urge government to provide financial support for Eurostar”, in RAIL, number 948, page 6
  2. not comparablenot followed.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivedisregarded

Similar
ignoredneglectedunnoticed
Also see
neglectedunnoticed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishheeded
  9. Englishunheeded

From un- + heeded.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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