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unprecedented

  • /ʌnˈpɹɛsɪdɛntɪd/
  • /ʌnˈpɹiːsədɛntəd/ Australia, Ireland
  • /-pɹɛs-/ Australia, Ireland
  • /ʌnˈpɹesədentəd/ New Zealand
  • /-pɹiː-/ New Zealand
  • /-pɹɛs-/ New Zealand
  • /-tɘd/ New Zealand

adjective

  1. not comparable Never before seen, done, or experienced; without precedent. With the descent of the cold war, relations between the two countries (for this is, to all intents and purposes, what they became after the end of the war) were almost completely broken off, with whole families split for the ensuing decades, some for ever. This event and its after-effects, along wit

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Closest in meaning: unexampled, new, unheard-of, irreplaceable, incredible, unmatched, unparalleled, incomparable, unrivaled, unrivalled, unequalled, unsurpassed, unbeatable, unspeakable, unknown, unseen

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adj never before seen or done, without precedent

Españolsin precedente[s], inaudito, inédito
한국어전례없는 jeollyeeomneun
日本語前例のない zenren-no nai, 空前 kūzen
中文空前的 kōngqián de, 前所未有 qiánsuǒwèiyǒu, 史無前例 /史无前例 shǐwúqiánlì
हिन्दीअपूर्वता apūrvatā
Portuguêssem precedentes, inaudito
Françaissans précédent, inédit, inouï
Deutschbeispiellos, nie da gewesen
Italianosenza precedenti
Ελληνικάάνευ προηγουμένου ánef proïgouménou
Русскийбеспрецеде́нтный besprecedéntnyj
العربيةغَيْر مَسْبُوق ḡayr masbūq
עבריתחֲסַר תַּקְדִּים khasár takdím

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@misc{unprecedented_2026,
  title = {unprecedented},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unprecedented},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}