unsung hero

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unsung hero (plural unsung heroes)

  1. One who does great deeds but receives little or no recognition for them.
    • 2002, John Catsoulis, “Foreword”, in Designing Embedded Hardware, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page xi:
      Embedded computers are the unsung heroes of modern life.

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