unprecedented
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ʌnˈpɹɛsɪdɛntɪd/
Adjective

unprecedented (not comparable)

  1. Never before seen, done, or experienced; without precedent.
    • 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, gbooks :
      On October 6, 1927, Warner Bros. released The Jazz Singer, the first sound-synched feature film, prompting a technological shift of unprecedented speed and unstoppable force. Within two years, nearly every studio release was a talkie.
Translations
  • French: sans précédent
  • German: beispiellos; nie da gewesen
  • Italian: senza precedenti
  • Portuguese: sem precedentes, inaudito
  • Russian: беспрецеде́нтный
  • Spanish: sin precedente



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