Meanings
- not comparableWithout prior warning; unexpected or unannounced.
Union trainmen stopped traffic on six midcontinent railroads with an unheralded strike yesterday, but some railroads said they expected to resume service by early today.
1964 June 16, “Surprise Strike Stops Traffic On 6 Railroads”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 3 - not comparableNot greeted with excitement or acclaim.
1 more example
We all know how genius “Kamp Krusty,” “A Streetcar Named Marge,” “Homer The Heretic,” “Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie” and “Mr. Plow” are, but even the relatively unheralded episodes offer wall-to-wall laughs and some of the smartest, darkest, and weirdest gags ever Trojan-horsed into a network cartoon with a massive family audience.
2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivewithout warning or announcement
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishheralded
- Englishunheralded
Translations
Catalan inesperat
- inesperatWithout prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
Dutch onverwacht, onaangekondigd
- onverwachtWithout prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
- onaangekondigdWithout prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
Finnish odottamaton
- odottamatonWithout prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
French sans tambour ni trompette, sans préavis
- sans tambour ni trompetteWithout prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
- sans préavisWithout prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
German unerwartet
- unerwartetWithout prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
Italian senza avviso previo
- senza avviso previoWithout prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
Polish nieoczekiwany
- nieoczekiwanyWithout prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
Romanian neașteptat, neprevăzut
- neașteptatWithout prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
- neprevăzutWithout prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
- intempestivWithout prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
Russian необъявленный
- необъявленный (neobʺjavlennyj)Without prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
Spanish no anunciado, sin expectativa
- no anunciadoWithout prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
- sin expectativaWithout prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
- inesperadoWithout prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
Swedish oväntad, oannonserad
- oväntadWithout prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
- oannonseradWithout prior warning; unexpected or unannounced
Cite this entry
unheralded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unheralded
“unheralded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unheralded. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unheralded,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unheralded.
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