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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: , , ,



unprecedented

/ ʌˈɛɪˌɛԳɪ /

adjective

  1. having no precedent; unparalleled
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Derived Forms

  • ܲˈ𳦱ˌԳٱ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲ··Գe· adverb
  • ܲ··Գe·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of unprecedented1

First recorded in 1615–25; un- 1 + precedent + -ed 2
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In return the assembly slashed his budgets, impeached an unprecedented number of his political appointees, and tried to investigate his wife for corruption.

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“The escalation from targeting a testifying witness to making a direct death threat against the elected district attorney of Fulton County is a grave and unprecedented attack on the justice system,” the motion said.

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Europe's biggest economy, Germany, was quick to call out an "unprecedented attack on the international trading system, free trade, and global supply chains".

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More colorfully, the Telegraph of London reported, “America holds gun to Zelensky’s head with unprecedented reparation demands.”

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What Sanders did — knock out a popular sheriff and district attorney in a law-and-order county — was unprecedented and gave progressive activists a dash of hope that Orange County was changing for the better.

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