unheard-of

See also: unheard of

English

Adjective

unheard-of (comparative more unheard-of, superlative most unheard-of)

Previously unknown; unprecedented.
- 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 9
  Starvation in the uplands was not an unheard-of thing […]
- 2004, Peter Bondanella, Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys, and Sopranos, chapter 4, 175:
  Prohibition produced the immense and previously unheard-of wealth that launched truly organized crime in America.

Translations

previously unknown; unprecedented

Danish: uhørt, uerhørt, uset
Finnish: ennenkuulumaton
French: inouï (fr)
German: einmalig (de), unerhört (de)
Latin: inaudītus
Macedonian: нечуен m (néčuen)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: uhørt (also "unheard of")
Portuguese: sem precedentes
Spanish: inaudito (es)
Swedish: oerhörd (sv), hittils okänd

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