unwept

American  

[uhn-wept] / ʌnˈwɛpt /

adjective

1. not wept for; unmourned.

   an unwept loss.

2. not wept or shed, as tears.

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unwept British  

/ ʌnˈwɛpt /

adjective

1. not wept for or lamented

2. rare (of tears) not shed

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Etymology

Origin of unwept

First recorded in 1585–95; un- ¹ + wept

Example Sentences

So if we must contemplate the future of George Santos, why not lean into Scott’s admonition that a man with no thought for his country should simply return “to the vile dust from which he sprung / unwept, unhonored and unsung”?

From Los Angeles Times

Becoming “unwept, unhonored and unsung” really is the best way to deal with people who only care about themselves.

From Los Angeles Times

Its sparkling life faded into the horizon as it died away, unsung, unwept.

From Literature

“Poor wife,” he said, “look, your husband is here. Do you know me or is my face changed in death? I am dead, Alcyone. Your name was on my lips when the waters overwhelmed me. There is no hope for me any more. But give me your tears. Let me not go down to the shadowy land unwept.”

From Literature

The heat in the car that day was the heat of Maddy’s face, the bottling of unwept tears as she razed the bleached hillside with her eyes.

From The New Yorker