unheeded

adjective

un·​heed·​ed ˌən-ˈhē-dəd How to pronounce unheeded (audio)
: not attended or listened to : not heeded
unheeded warnings

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However residents had raised fears as far back as Sep. 2024 of potential fire risks, calls that apparently went largely unheeded. Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 28 Nov. 2025 His extended cameo as a version of himself who keeps giving unheeded advice to the guys in the band is the movie’s one jolt of deadpan energy; somebody get McCartney his own Curb Your Enthusiasm. Will Leitch, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2025 Tolstoy died, at eighty-two, in a railway station on November 20, 1910, his words unheeded. Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2025 If unheeded, that step would then pave the way for new fines under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act, which can be as high as 5% of average daily worldwide revenue per day of non-compliance. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for unheeded

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unheeded was in 1611

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“Unheeded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unheeded. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.

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