Meanings
noununsung hero (plural unsung heroes)
plural unsung heroes
- idiomaticOne who accomplishes great deeds but receives little or no recognition for them.
Embedded computers are the unsung heroes of modern life.
2002, John Catsoulis, “Foreword”, in Designing Embedded Hardware, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page xi
Translations
Arabic بطل مجهول
- بطل مجهولone who does great deeds but receives little or no recognition
Chinese Mandarin 無名英雄 /无名英雄
- 無名英雄 /无名英雄 (wúmíng yīngxióng)one who does great deeds but receives little or no recognition
Finnish tuntematon sankari
- tuntematon sankarione who does great deeds but receives little or no recognition
German stiller Held, unbeachteter Held
- stiller Heldone who does great deeds but receives little or no recognition
- unbeachteter Heldone who does great deeds but receives little or no recognition
Hungarian észrevétlen/néma/csendes hős, nem eléggé méltányolt/elismert/dicsért/magasztalt hős
- észrevétlen/néma/csendes hősone who does great deeds but receives little or no recognition
- nem eléggé méltányolt/elismert/dicsért/magasztalt hősone who does great deeds but receives little or no recognition
Japanese 縁の下の力持ち
- 縁の下の力持ち (en no shita no chikaramochi)one who does great deeds but receives little or no recognition
Swahili shujaa asiyejulikana
- shujaa asiyejulikanaone who does great deeds but receives little or no recognition
Thai ปิดทองหลังพระ
- ปิดทองหลังพระ (bpìt-tɔɔng-lǎng-prá)one who does great deeds but receives little or no recognition
Cite this entry
APA
unsung hero. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsung%20hero
MLA
“unsung hero.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsung%20hero. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsung hero,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsung%20hero.
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