unsung

[ uhn-suhng ]

/ ʌnˈsʌŋ /

not sung; not uttered or rendered by singing.

not celebrated in song or verse; not praised or acclaimed: the unsung heroes of the war.

Origin of unsung

1375–1425 for def 1; 1660–70 for def 2; late Middle English; see un-¹, sung

Among the characters to be portrayed were the people I had written about—the unsung heroes of the Selma campaign.

Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’ |Gary May |January 2, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
There is, however, one unsung hero to this otherwise tawdry story.

The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero |Clive Irving |November 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
There, in his cluttered office at the end of a gravel lane, I came face to face with one of my unsung literary heroes.

A Ghostwriter Steps Out of the Shadows |Bill Morris |September 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Song of my soul, my voice is dead; Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.

Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show |Robert W. Chambers |February 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

In this exclusive web video series, meet the NHL's unsung players and crews.

Beyond the Fame: Meet Professional Hockey's Forgotten Foot Soldiers |Jake Heller |February 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
We suffer maidens sweet as the dreams of poets to waste their beauty unpraised and unsung.

For Faith and Freedom |Walter Besant
Unsung, un-sung′, adj. not celebrated in song, forgotten: not yet sung.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) |Various
The martyr who discovered that virtue is its own reward, died unwept, unhonoured, unsung.

The Paliser case |Edgar Saltus
One may bring the greatest and most marvellous thing to perfection; it must yet go down to Orcus unhonoured and unsung.

Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) |Friedrich Nietzsche
Through him mortal men are famed or un-famed, sung or unsung alike, as great Zeus wills.

Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica |Homer and Hesiod

unsung

/ (ʌnˈsʌŋ) /

not acclaimed or honoured unsung deeds

not yet sung