Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, on Jul. 2011
The word unheard presents two recurring uses in our language, on the one hand, it usually applies to everything that which was never heard or said and therefore turns out to be absolutely astonishing and surprising to the eyes and ears of anyone.
That which was never said or heard and that for example generates astonishment
These are events that are not characterized precisely by their daily life and by case they generate surprise immediately, even many times they can even be interpreted as illogical and inconsistent.
A boy who sings and tunes like a professional years of experience with only two years is obviously an unheard of fact.
On the other hand, on some occasions such the quality surprising and astonishing of something that even borders on the absurd and for example both concepts are often related.
A positive or negative surprise
We must also say that the unheard of may surprise us in a positive or negative way; The example expressed above is positive while, for example, knowing that a person is capable of doing enormous evils against others without repenting will surprise us negatively.
On the other hand, what qualifies as unheard of depends a lot on subjectivity, that is, it is intimately linked with it, since what for someone may be unheard of for another is not.
For example, a person who loves her pet and sits her at the table with the family he will not see it as unheard of while others will appreciate it that way.
Examples
For example, recently, when a group of turtles crossed the landing and take-off runway of the New York International Airport, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, such a situation was widely reflected by the media communication because it is a rare event, which immediately caused shock and surprise to both locals and others.
Normally, those issues outside a specific context or field, such is the situation in the case mentioned above, but that in any case happen because of x motivation, are considered as unheard of.
Also, those scandalous events, especially those linked to public personalities, that suddenly provoke an astonishing event, are framed within the scope of the concept of unheard. For example, a few days ago it was unheard of to learn that now Princess of Monaco Charlene Wittstock tried to escape several times after learning of an alleged new unacknowledged paternity of the Prince Albert of Monaco, her fiance.
The mass media, especially television and now also InternetAs a result of the takeoff that new technologies have had in the acceptance of the public, they have a special predilection for those issues that turn out to be unheard of.
That is, they echo these questions that are curious, and incredible to anyone's gaze.
Many times even the aforementioned media hunt for this type of news in order to capture the attention of the public that has a very special inclination to read news of the unheard of.
Something unbearable and intolerable
And the other frequent use of the word unheard of is to refer to something that is unbearable and intolerable. For example, when something threatens the good traditions held by an individual or against his moral and that in no way can it be admitted, it will be considered by him as unheard of. For a practicing Catholic that his son chooses not to marry in the church as required by the Catholic rite will turn out to be an unheard of fact.
One of the best known and most used synonyms for unheard of is unusual, a word that is also used a lot to express what surprises for better or for worse.
The opposite side of the unheard of is the normal, which is the same as saying what happens always, frequently and therefore is not surprising in any way, even more so, we expect it.
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