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unheeded

unheeded

5 6.5
Not noticed or ignored so no one pays attention
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈhidɪd/
translation icon : desatendido
  • Because curricula are mandated at the state or district level, the NCSS charge is often unheeded at local levels.
  • unheeded warnings
  • go unheeded

It's a horrific moment because you know that your cries for help will go unheeded.

Examples

  • Words spoken to the air tend to go unheeded.

  • But what the CEO considers obvious may go completely unheeded by the team, unless they are pointed in that direction.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Similar decisions in the past have gone unheeded due to high costs associated with the technical aspects.

    Blog text (3)
  • Repeated requests from private relief agencies for medicine and medical supplies went unheeded.

    Academic text (1993)
  • But no one heard him amid all the other noise and confusion, and Tom's warning went unheeded.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Sadly, European and U.N. warnings have gone unheeded without American-backed initiatives.

    Academic text (1992)
  • His shouts went unheeded among the thousands of cries rising up from the battlefield.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The warnings of the American Irish emigration societies went unheeded, and for many naive young emigrants, the result was bitter disillusionment.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Many of the teacher's valuable suggestions went unheeded by the students during the project.

  • Despite her clear warnings about the storm, they went unheeded and decided to travel anyway.

Synonyms

unheard
vsunheeded
76 4.9

Not noticed because nobody listened

is about not getting attention and can be deliberate disregard
unnoticed
vsunheeded
57 2.5

Other people do not see or pay attention to it

is more about being ignored rather than not being seen
unattended
vsunheeded
22 3.6

Left without anyone watching or caring for them

is about not listening to words rather than physical care or supervision
forgotten
vsunheeded
21 2.0

Not remembered or noticed and left alone

is about not listening or responding not just simple memory lapse
unaddressed
vsunheeded
3 5.8

Without an address written on it or not dealt with yet

is more about ignored advice or warnings rather than undone tasks
unremarked
vsunheeded
1 7.4

Not noticed or talked about by other people

is used when someone chooses not to pay attention or respond
unperceived
vsunheeded
1 8.2

Other people do not notice someone or something

is more about conscious refusal to pay attention than sensory miss
unnoted
vsunheeded
7.3

Not seen by people or left out when people think about it

is more about deliberate ignoring rather than simple lack of seeing
overlooked
vsunheeded
4.0

People do not notice it when it is important

is more about being unnoticed rather than intentionally disregarded
unregarded
vsunheeded
6.7

Not noticed or given any attention

is more about lack of notice and value rather than an active refusal
neglected
vsunheeded
4.1

Not given proper attention and often ignored by others

is more about not listening or responding rather than lack of care
ignored
vsunheeded
1.6

People do not pay attention to a person or thing

is broader including passive failure to notice as well as deliberate disregard

Antonyms

Accepted by others as true or real

How Heeded

noticed
1.0
unheeded
5 6.5
ignored
1.6

Surface Forms

unheeded positive

Morphology

unheeded = heeded (transparent) = un + heed + ed

The adjective is formed by negating the past-participle/adjective 'heeded' with 'un-', giving a direct meaning 'not given attention'.

Etymology

The word unheeded is made of un- 'not' and heed 'attention' and the same root appears in heedless, so if advice or a warning is unheeded it is simply 'not given attention'.