Oliver Letwin is hailed today as the unsung hero of the Tory election manifesto.
From the guardian.co.uk
The coach and his players were unsung heroes as integration rocked Fairfax High.
From the latimes.com
The very word community would not exist if it were not for the unsung unselfish.
From the smh.com.au
General American Investments, Source Capital, and their ilk are old and unsung.
From the businessweek.com
Michael Boyd strikes me as one of the great unsung heroes of our cultural life.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Throughout, Kingston never stops singling out the quiet stoicism of the unsung.
From the sfgate.com
Military medical people are real unsung heroes throughout all the Armed Services.
From the news-journalonline.com
By these measures, the unsung and undervalued Shane Battier is a true all-star.
From the nytimes.com
Which makes unsung Maria Sharapova's victory at Wimbledon all the more amazing.
From the washingtontimes.com
More examples
Obscure: not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war"
Unappreciated: having value that is not acknowledged
Unsung is an EP released December 6, 2005 by Christian metalcore group The Chariot. It contains two new songs and four re-worked versions of songs from their debut album Everything Is Alive, Everything Is Breathing, Nothing Is Dead, and Nothing Is Bleeding.
"Unsung" is a single by alternative metal band Helmet from their 1992 album, Meantime. It is the album's fourth track and easily the band's most well known song. A music video was produced for "Unsung" and found significant airplay on MTV in the early 1990s. ...
Which has not been lauded or appreciated; Not sung