Unheeded
[ʌn'hiːdɪd] or [ʌn'hidɪd]
Definition
adj. not heeded unnoticed.—adv. Unheed′edly.—adj. Unheed′ful not heedful rash.—advs. Unheed′fully Unheed′ily (Spens.).—adj. Unheed′ing heedless careless.—adv. Unheed′ingly.—adj. Unheed′y careless: precipitate.
Checker: Merle
Examples
- In ordinary talk they might have passed unheeded; but following on her prolonged pause they acquired a special meaning. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Looking towards them now, I saw the Law (as represented by Mr. Bruff's papers) lying unheeded on the floor. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Time passed unheeded and unknown, she did not know where she was, nor what was taking place. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Things hitherto unheeded would be found of importance in human affairs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Unheeded and unvalued, she should die; but she both lives and grows. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The doctor's attentions were unheeded by the widow; and the doctor's indignation was wholly lost on his imperturbable rival. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Sam was so lost in the contemplation of this comfortable scene, that he suffered the first inquiry of the rather stout lady to pass unheeded. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But he was no longer unheeded nor unrewarded. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Airy, in whose posses sion Adams's results had remained for months unpublished and unheeded, wrote Leverrier: You are to be recognized beyond doubt as the predictor of the planet's place. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Checker: Merle