UNSUNG Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

unsung

adjective

ˌən-ˈsəŋ

Definition of unsung

as in unknown

not widely known an unsung hero of the Holocaust

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Recent Examples of unsung First among this unsung cohort are the women of the march, who have been all but erased from the record. — Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026 That would have to be Cincinnati’s unsung Sal Stewart, who even if nobody probably had him on their Rookie of the Year bingo card at the start of the season, happens to be leading all NL rookies in homers (32) and RBI (110) and has played every day. — Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026 The other storylines center on Frances Perkins (the unsung architect of FDR’s New Deal) and two men’s lifelong battle to make the world’s largest ball of twine. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026 Contrary to their reputation, bats are not fearsome creatures but unsung ecological heroes. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unsung

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Adjective

One of the state’s biggest roadblocks to new data centers could be determined by the as yet unknown Alaskan Midterms results.

— Oliver Trapnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
Cybergenetics isolated the unknown person’s genotypes from each DNA sample and compared them to determine whether the cases were connected.

— Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of unknown

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The pope is, among many other things, an American baby boomer who, earlier this summer, referenced in a footnote in a treatise on peace a Dylan lyric so obscure that not even Padgett had ever heard of it.

— Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026
From star lender to seized bank Ueno Bank, which skyrocketed from an obscure finance company to a household name in less than five years, claimed more than 60% of Paraguay’s adults as customers.

— Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026