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unprecedented - 4 dictionary results

un⋅prec⋅e⋅dent⋅ed

[uhn-pres-i-den-tid]
–adjective
without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled: an unprecedented event.

Origin:
1615–25; un- 1 + precedent + -ed 2


un⋅prec⋅e⋅dent⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
un⋅prec⋅e⋅dent⋅ed⋅ness, noun


unique, extraordinary, exceptional, novel.
un·prec·e·dent·ed   (ŭn-prěs'ĭ-děn'tĭd)   
adj.  Having no previous example: unprecedented economic growth.
un·prec'e·dent'ed·ly adv.

Unprecedented

Un*prec"e*dent*ed\, a. Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case; not having the authority of prior example; novel; new; unexampled. -- Un*prec"e*dent*ed*ly, adv.
Language Translation for : unprecedented
Spanish: sin precedente,
German: beispiellos,
Japanese: 前例のない

unprecedented 
1623, from un- (1) "not" + precedented (see precedent (n.)). In common use from c.1760.
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