unheralded
/ʌnˈhɛɹəldɪd/adjective
unheralded is an adjective meaning “Without prior warning; unexpected or unannounced” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled U-N-H-E-R-A-L-D-E-D and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 7 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does unheralded mean?
adjective
- 1
Without prior warning; unexpected or unannounced.
- 2
Not greeted with excitement or acclaim.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce unheralded?
- US /ʌnˈhɛɹəldɪd/
Unheralded has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-unheralded.ogg, En-au-unheralded.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is unheralded?
Unheralded appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 77,666th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Unheralded in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Without prior warning; unexpected or unannounced:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sans tambour ni trompette, sans préavis |
| German | unerwartet |
| Spanish | no anunciado, sin expectativa, inesperado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does unheralded come from?
From un- + heralded.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).