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- Dictionaryunprecedented/ʌnˈprɛsɪdɛntɪd/
adjective
- 1. never done or known before: "the emphasis has been on shaping bold solutions to save lives and livelihoods in these unprecedented times"
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never having happened or existed in the past: This century has witnessed environmental destruction on an unprecedented scale. Fewer examples. She took the unprecedented step of revealing the truth about the situation. Such an event was unprecedented in the 20th century. Unemployment has reached an unprecedented level.
: having no precedent : novel, unexampled. unprecedentedly adverb. Synonyms. fresh. new. novel. original. strange. unaccustomed. unfamiliar. unheard-of. unknown. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of unprecedented in a Sentence. … on one occasion, a president (Eisenhower) refers to himself as "conservative."
Something that is unprecedented is not known, experienced, or done before. If you've never gone on a family beach vacation but you're planning one now, you could refer to it as an unprecedented decision.
Unprecedented definition: without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled. See examples of UNPRECEDENTED used in a sentence.
If you describe something as unprecedented, you are emphasizing that it is very great in quality, amount, or scale. [emphasis] Each home boasts an unprecedented level of quality throughout. The scheme has been hailed as an unprecedented success.
never having happened or existed in the past: This century has witnessed environmental destruction on an unprecedented scale. Fewer examples. She took the unprecedented step of revealing the truth about the situation. Such an event was unprecedented in the 20th century. Unemployment has reached an unprecedented level.
never having happened before: The Internet has given people unprecedented access to information. (Definition of unprecedented from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of unprecedented. in Chinese (Traditional) 史無前例的，空前的, 絕無僅有的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 史无前例的，空前的, 绝无仅有的… See more. in Spanish.
