Antonyms for unprecedented
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : uhn-pres-i-den-tid |
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈprɛs ɪˌdɛn tɪd |
Definition of unprecedented
Origin :- 1620s, from un- (1) "not" + precedented. In common use from c.1760.
- adj exceptional, original
- It was the sensation of an unprecedented and incredible experience.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- All here is so unprecedented, so changed, so sudden and unfair, that I am absolutely lost.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- Galusha had what was, for him, an amazing and unprecedented inspiration.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- "Both sides fought with unprecedented frenzy," said a resident to us.
- Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
- If so, he had performed an unprecedented feat in recalling it so aptly.
- Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
- Then Allen would have been in a, perhaps, unprecedented position.
- Extract from : « Angling Sketches » by Andrew Lang
- A revolution, unprecedented in the world's history, had already been achieved.
- Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
- What would happen if these ships ran into an unprecedented situation?
- Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
- My taking anything of the kind with me was a most unprecedented circumstance.
- Extract from : « A Night in the Snow » by Rev. E. Donald Carr
- He was only preserved from his unprecedented dangers by their number.
- Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
Synonyms for unprecedented
- aberrant
- abnormal
- anomalous
- bizarre
- eccentric
- exotic
- extraordinary
- fantastic
- freakish
- idiosyncratic
- marvelous
- miraculous
- modern
- new
- newfangled
- novel
- odd
- out-of-the-way
- outlandish
- outre
- preternatural
- prodigious
- remarkable
- signal
- singular
- sui generis
- uncommon
- unexampled
- unheard-of
- unique
- unparalleled
- unrivaled
- unusual
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