Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Adjective Phrase 121. The adjective phrase today is
unheard of. And we got three meanings and three uses. Okay. If somebody wants a screenshot do
it right now. Let's get right to it. All right. Here's the first one. It could mean like without
precedent or never having happened before. So like unprecedented levels. Number two. It could
mean just previously unknown. Like the almost the literal meaning 'unheard of' meaning. I never heard
of that person. Or three. Highly offensive. So you know, unheard of in the way that you never
heard of it's being so terrible before. All right. Let's continue. The term unheard of dates back to
the 12th, well the term unheard dates back to the 1200's and the phrase unheard of dates back to
the 1500's. And we got six examples to show just how it's used. Here's the first one.
The director surprisingly gave the main role of his film to an unheard-of actor, so a virtual
nobody in the entertainment world. So this of course means like previously unknown . Like
it was probably a big role and it was maybe a big blockbuster movie usually they will try to get
a big name star, but he gave it to you know an unheard-of actor. All right. Number two.
The amount of asymptomatic cases was unheard of. You know, maybe for a particular disease.
Number three. When Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in 1927 that was an unheard of amount at that time.
Now since that time this record has been broken of course uh several times. Okay. And I think
Bobby Bonds has over 70 now even. But at the time that Babe Ruth did this the ball was actually a
heavier ball and when he broke that record I think he broke the record was like 18 or 19 or
it was around there maybe low 20s I'm not sure , but I know this was
like double or triple the amount before. So in that sense it was definitely kind of an
unheard of number . So it was kind of like never having happened before . An unprecedented number.
It was so much higher. He didn't just break by two or three. He broke by you know, double or close to
triple the amount. Okay. Good. Let's go on. Number four here. Madoff offered investors 30 % returns
on their money which was unheard of at that time. Definitely even today that's still unheard of.
Actually if ... if they give you like 10 % that's amazing you know they did ex extremely well.
Unfortunately it turned out to be too good to be true. Yes. Sometimes it
like remember we have that phrase if something's too good to be true maybe, it is and this one
did because we obviously found out this was a big scam. A lot of people lost their money,
but that's what he told them. Hey. I can give you 30 % and nobody could come close to offering that.
All right . So number five. Gas prices have sky rocketed recently and have hit oh and have hit
unheard of levels. Again unprecedented too high. And the last one . He said that in his country
that was an unheard of type of behavior among congressmen. He never seen them
physically ... he never seen them physically assault one another. Yeah. So sometimes in Asia.
Some Asian countries sometimes the politicians on the two different sides they get so angry at
each other they actually hit each other. They'll punch each other or throw things at each other.
And in some other western democracies that's a no-no. That that would be we'd use another
term that would be like political suicide. Your career as a congressman would be over
if you physically attacked another congressman. Even though you disagree with him he could yell
at him you could even scream at him or you know they sometimes they even rarely yell
but they they do you know talk sharply to each other. But anyway. So that goes to more like
highly offensive. You know that this is just too terrible this sort of behavior. Okay. Anyway, I
hope you got it . I hope it was clear. I hope it's informative. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.