unprecedentedadjective
uk/ʌnˈpres.ɪ.den.tɪd/us/ʌnˈpres.ə.den.t̬ɪd/C2 never having happened or existed in the past:
This century has witnessed environmental destruction on an unprecedented scale.
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- 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.
- This situation is unprecedented in 21st-century life.
- Crime has risen on an unprecedented scale.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
New
- a breath of fresh air idiom
- afresh
- brand new
- brave new
- break the mould idiom
- breath
- injection
- innovation
- innovative
- latest
- latter-day
- mint
- minute 1
- neo-
- novel
- novelty
- original
- originality
- pristine
- revolutionary
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