Unprecedented
[ʌn'presɪdentɪd] or [ʌn'prɛsɪdɛntɪd]
Definition
(adj.) having no precedent; novel; 'an unprecedented expansion in population and industry' .
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Definition
(a.) Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case; not having the authority of prior example; novel; new; unexampled.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unexampled, unparalleled, unequalled, unrivalled, unmatched, matchless, unparagoned.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Unrivalled, unexampled, unequalled, rare,[See PLEASANT]
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Definition
adj. having no precedent: novel.—adv. Unprec′edentedly.
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Examples
- As to Tom, he was becoming that not unprecedented triumph of calculation which is usually at work on number one. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It was a strange and unprecedented situation in the world's history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Fanny, in dismay at such an unprecedented question, did not know which way to look, or how to be prepared for the answer. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Which was so long a time for him to remain taciturn, that the fact may be considered wholly unprecedented. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- All here is so unprecedented, so changed, so sudden and unfair, that I am absolutely lost. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It had made a shallow but effective community of will over an unprecedented area and out of an unprecedented multitude of human beings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Eliza's flight--an unprecedented event on the place--was also a great accessory in stimulating the general excitement. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You must make allowance for this poor girl, placed in so unprecedented a position. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- This long, dreary and, for heavy and continuous rains and high water, unprecedented winter was one of great hardship to all engaged about Vicksburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- For to Rosamond this visit was a source of unprecedented but gracefully concealed exultation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was a thing unprecedented in Smyrna at that time of the year, and scared some of the most skeptical. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- That Mr Pancks should be moved to invite any one to dinner at Pentonville, was an unprecedented fact in his calendar. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Do you know what your unprecedented temerity would have cost you had you failed to kill either of the two chieftains whose metal you now wear? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Bella had brought dessert and two bottles of wine, thus shedding unprecedented splendour on the occasion. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- To any one who reads his life with care it is evident that Alexander started with an equipment of training and ideas of unprecedented value. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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