unprecedented en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /-tɘd/ (New-Zealand)
- /ʌnˈpɹesədentəd/ (New-Zealand)
- /-pɹɛs-/ (Australia, Ireland)
- /ʌnˈpɹiːsədɛntəd/ (Australia, Ireland)
- (US) audio
- /ʌnˈpɹɛsɪdɛntɪd/
- /-pɹɛs-/ (New-Zealand)
- /-pɹiː-/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English precedent Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English unprecedented From un- + precedent + -ed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Never before seen, done, or experienced; without precedent.
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.
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, 27:We’re also making an unprecedented investment in the United States Armed Forces… [We’re] looking forward to getting $1.5 trillion next year… and the good news is all of that equipment is made in the USA.
2026 July 31, Donald J. Trump, quotee, “President Trump Hosts Historic Cabinet Meeting at Camp David”, in The White House, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2026: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 with the war against the Japanese in the 1940s, was to cast a long shadow over the years ahead, and led to the creation of the wholly unprecedented worship of Kim Il-sung, and his elevation to almost God-like status. It was also to create the system in which his son was to occupy almost as impossibly elevated a position.
2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian:
Deriveds
unprecedentedness · unprecedentedly
Translations (59)
bn অপূর্ব (never before seen or done, without precedent) · es sin precedente[s] (never before seen or done, without precedent) · ang unfōrescēawod (never before seen or done, without precedent) · ar غَيْر مَسْبُوق (never before seen or done, without precedent) · nl zonder precedent (never before seen or done, without precedent) · de beispiellos (never before seen or done, without precedent) · tr görülmemiş (never before seen or done, without precedent) · zza bêemsal (never before seen or done, without precedent) · sv exempellös (never before seen or done, without precedent) · cs bezprecedentní (never before seen or done, without precedent) · ka უპრეცედენტო (never before seen or done, without precedent) · la inaudītus (never before seen or done, without precedent) · fa بیسابقه (never before seen or done, without precedent) · ja 空前 (never before seen or done, without precedent) · nl ongekend (never before seen or done, without precedent) · cmn 史無前例 /史无前例 (never before seen or done, without precedent) · nb uten sidestykke (never before seen or done, without precedent) · de nie da gewesen (never before seen or done, without precedent) · tr emsalsiz (never before seen or done, without precedent) · hu példa nélkül álló (never before seen or done, without precedent) · fi ennennäkemätön (never before seen or done, without precedent) · sv makalös (never before seen or done, without precedent) · cs bezpříkladný (never before seen or done, without precedent) · nb uovertruffen (never before seen or done, without precedent) · cmn 前所未有 (never before seen or done, without precedent) · hu példa nélküli (never before seen or done, without precedent) · be беспрэцэдэ́нтны (never before seen or done, without precedent) · bg безпрецеде́нтен (never before seen or done, without precedent) · fr inouï (never before seen or done, without precedent) · es inaudito (never before seen or done, without precedent) · fr inédit (never before seen or done, without precedent) · eo senprecedenca (never before seen or done, without precedent) · ja 前例のない (never before seen or done, without precedent) · he חֲסַר תַּקְדִּים (never before seen or done, without precedent) · sv utan motstycke (never before seen or done, without precedent) · it senza precedenti (never before seen or done, without precedent) · ko 전례없는 (never before seen or done, without precedent) · uk безпрецеде́нтний (never before seen or done, without precedent) · uk безпри́кладний (never before seen or done, without precedent) · fr sans précédent (never before seen or done, without precedent) · pl bezprecedensowy (never before seen or done, without precedent) · sv oöverträffad (never before seen or done, without precedent) · ka უმაგალითო (never before seen or done, without precedent) · hi अपूर्वता (never before seen or done, without precedent) · tr eşi görülmemiş (never before seen or done, without precedent) · pt inaudito (never before seen or done, without precedent) · ru беспрецеде́нтный (never before seen or done, without precedent) · fi ennen kokematon (never before seen or done, without precedent) · lt negirdėtas (never before seen or done, without precedent) · sv utan like (never before seen or done, without precedent) · tr emsali olmayan (never before seen or done, without precedent) · cmn 空前的 (never before seen or done, without precedent) · tr eşi benzeri görülmemiş (never before seen or done, without precedent) · hu példátlan (never before seen or done, without precedent) · nl onuitgegeven (never before seen or done, without precedent) · es inédito (never before seen or done, without precedent) · pt sem precedentes (never before seen or done, without precedent) · el άνευ προηγουμένου (never before seen or done, without precedent) · uk небува́лий (never before seen or done, without precedent)