unmourned

Nobody shed tears

Unmourned describes someone or something whose passing goes ungrieved—no tears shed, no loss felt.

A tyrant may die unmourned by those he oppressed.

The word implies not just absence of grief but perhaps that grief wasn't deserved: He lived alone and died unmourned.

Things can also pass unmourned: the unmourned death of a bad policy.

unloved

unwept

Not cried over

unlamented · ungrieved · forsaken · abandoned · rejected · spurned · unwanted · discarded · cast-off · outcast

unvalued

unappreciated

Not given due recognition

overlooked · ignored · disregarded · unsung · uncelebrated · unhonored · unrespected · unremarked · unnoticed · invisible

forgotten

unremembered

Not kept in mind

erased · obliterated · lost · faded · vanished · buried · nameless · anonymous · faceless · unknown

Opposites
grief and remembrance after death

unmournedmourned

Expressed sorrow for deceased

lamented · grieved · bewailed · eulogized · memorialized

social value and belovedness

unmournedbeloved

One who is treasured

cherished · missed · treasured · adored · revered

Family

mourn, mournful, mourning, mourner, mourned, mournfulness, mourners, mournfully

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG