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unprecedented

[ uhn-pres-i-den-tid ]

adjective

  1. without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled:

    an unprecedented event.

    Synonyms: novel, exceptional, extraordinary, unique



unprecedented

/ ʌnˈprɛsɪˌdɛntɪd /

adjective

  1. having no precedent; unparalleled


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Derived Forms

  • unˈpreceˌdentedly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • un·prece·dented·ly adverb
  • un·prece·dented·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of unprecedented1

First recorded in 1615–25; un- 1 + precedent + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

The number of dissenters though is unprecedented in the modern era.

We won an unprecedented pardon from then-President Karzai, and Gulnaz was freed.

“Today, we are before a heinous crime the likes of which are unprecedented in our safe country,” he said.

So to hear such fervent anti-Ortega sentiment from previously devoted campesinos and compañeros is unprecedented.

Instead, he barely pushed the jurors to charge the cop and allowed the unprecedented step of letting the officer testify.

“Flood”—Cleveland vetoed an unprecedented number of bills during his term.

But the Transient Car bill, as it came to be called, began mysteriously to attract unprecedented attention.

At his instigation a persecution of unprecedented virulence raged like an epidemic throughout the empire.

This was effected by caissons with air chambers and air locks, a feat unprecedented in the annals of engineering.

The nation has, since the last harvest, been fed by foreigners to an unprecedented extent.

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