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  • adjective Not lauded; given no praise.

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un- +‎ lauded

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Examples

  • Thus it was that I found myself somewhat annoyed, most especially because I am sure you are all perfectly aware that the methodological and statistical norms of psychology, as a research discipline, remain deeply, deeply unlauded in many quarters.

    1/3 of Americans can't speak? GamesWithWords 2010

  • Having elbowed aside the favourite (Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon) and the stalking horse (Jacques Audiard's A Prophet) to win last year's Oscar for Best Foreign Film, Campanella's relatively unlauded entry has a lot to live up to.

    This week's new cinema releases 2010

  • They are wasting their money, of course – with a mere 20,189 "supporters" for their petition as against 20,377 for the entirely unfunded and unlauded No. 10 petition, they are little more than "noises off".

    Archive 2007-10-01 Richard 2007

  • They are wasting their money, of course – with a mere 20,189 "supporters" for their petition as against 20,377 for the entirely unfunded and unlauded No. 10 petition, they are little more than "noises off".

    "Substantially equivalent" Richard 2007

  • It is sometimes more difficult to practise the little self-denials and do the unlauded acts of courage than to make one supreme sacrifice while the world applauds; so I think Patty deserved to be called a heroine for her small victory, which nobody noticed, just as much as if it had been a great one.

    The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life Angela Brazil 1907

  • Their motive has been to dispel the long-held view, especially in the West, that these often small, transcendent works were made by unlauded artisans toiling away in monasteries and imperial workshops.

    NYT > Home Page By ROBERTA SMITH 2011

  • Their motive has been to dispel the long-held view, especially in the West, that these often small, transcendent works were made by unlauded artisans toiling away in monasteries and imperial workshops.

    NYT > Home Page By ROBERTA SMITH 2011

  • Iceland fought, and in diplomatic terms won, the cod wars against Britain and there is a strong feeling that it would be wrong to give up this precious piscine resource to the tender mercies of the unlauded article in the Economist arguing that Iceland has got it right, and the EU wrong, when it comes to conservation.

    BBC Blog Network 2009

  • The KPMG review - you remember that unlauded document - visited 418 inner city on-trade premises and found two offering drink-all-you-can for the entry fee, four offering free drinks "in large quantities" and eight offering free drinks to specific groups.

    Rss news feed for Morning Advertiser 2009

  • That title shouldn’t have been able to be successful, but month to month it was so solid, and kind of was the unofficial, unlauded backbone of the DC Universe we should have all wanted. robert says:

    Stumptown #1 by Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth – review 2009

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