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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These unsung heroes are essential to an artist’s team and their foundation.
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Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024
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—Ramasankar Molleti, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
For anyone who still has their MoviePass, this revealing documentary tells the real story of all that went wrong behind the scenes, and shares the story of the unsung heroes who really did just want to create a product that movie lovers could embrace.
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Freddie Freeman is hurting, and the Dodgers need to keep him on the bench
Two unsung heroes may have set up the Dodgers for success in NLCS Game 6
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—Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024
Platform engineering teams are becoming the unsung heroes of the enterprise, building internal developer platforms that turn Kubernetes clusters into push-button application platforms.
—Ramasankar Molleti, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
For anyone who still has their MoviePass, this revealing documentary tells the real story of all that went wrong behind the scenes, and shares the story of the unsung heroes who really did just want to create a product that movie lovers could embrace.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
Freddie Freeman is hurting, and the Dodgers need to keep him on the bench
Two unsung heroes may have set up the Dodgers for success in NLCS Game 6
Plaschke: Everybody chill!
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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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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