unˈheralded,ppl.a. (un-1 8.) 1845Neale Euphratean Angels iv. in Seatonian Poems (1864) 7 Yet not unheralded by fear, The End of all things shall draw near.1871Macduff Mem. Patmos xxiii. 315 A prey to the disquieting thought of the unheralded foot⁓fall. [Freq. in recent use.]