1
: not sung
2
: not celebrated or praised (as in song or verse)
an unsung hero
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the unsung men and women who keep the streets safe
He is one of the unsung heroes of the civil rights movement.
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Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2025
These are the unsung heroes who invented the tools, technologies, and techniques that make modern filmmaking possible.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
Preserving this layer of connective tissue, which is rich in lymphatic vessels, offers the unsung advantage of forgoing drains.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 11 Dec. 2025
And everybody on this call has a lot of people who work with them and under them, unsung heroes of this production and people and everybody’s sacrificing.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 8 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unsung
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“Unsung.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsung. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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unsung
adjective
un·sung
ˌən-ˈsəŋ 
ˈən-
1
: not sung
2
: not celebrated or praised (as in song or verse)
unsung heroes
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