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unprecedented
[ uhn-pres-i-den-tid ]
adjective
- without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled:
an unprecedented event.
Synonyms: , , ,
unprecedented
/ ʌˈɛɪˌɛԳɪ /
adjective
- having no precedent; unparalleled
Derived Forms
- ܲˈˌԳٱ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ··Գe· adverb
- ܲ··Գe·Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of unprecedented1
Example Sentences
In return the assembly slashed his budgets, impeached an unprecedented number of his political appointees, and tried to investigate his wife for corruption.
“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.
Europe's biggest economy, Germany, was quick to call out an "unprecedented attack on the international trading system, free trade, and global supply chains".
More colorfully, the Telegraph of London reported, “America holds gun to Zelensky’s head with unprecedented reparation demands.”
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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