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unexampled

[ uhn-ig-zam-puhld, -zahm- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

unprecedented; unparalleled; unlike anything previously known:
unexampled kindness; unexampled depravity.

unexampled

/ ˌʌnɪɡˈzɑːmpəld /

First recorded in 1600–10; un- ¹ + example + -ed ²

The years that followed the close of the Napoleonic wars in 1815 were in many senses years of unexampled misery.

Provisions are of unexampled cheapness, and the means of obtaining them are—thank Almighty God!

The quick growth of this tree is unexampled among timber trees, and its height and beauty distinguish it from all others.

Success meant the certain loss of one man among four—failure would carry with it a rout and massacre unexampled in modern war.

He had an aversion to palette tones, and sought after nature with unexampled attention.

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