unprecedented

Meanings

• adjective

  Without precedent; having no previous example or parallel in experience; unparalleled.

  - "The pandemic brought about unprecedented challenges for the healthcare system."
  - "The company's success was unprecedented in the industry."

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Pronunciation

1. /ʌnˈpɹɛsɪdɛntɪd/
   
   
   
   Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=199680"

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Rhymes

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redolent , pendant , lament , ament , sentiment

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Variants

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unprecedented , unprecedentedly

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Etymology

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From the Latin 'praedecessus' meaning 'preceding' or 'going before'. Unprecedented entered the English language in the late 15th century.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'unprecedented' has been used in various contexts throughout history. For example, during the Black Death pandemic in the 14th century, the scale of the devastation was described as unprecedented.

2. The term 'unprecedented' is often used in legal contexts to describe situations that have no precedent in law.

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Related Concepts

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1. novelty: Related to newness or innovation. Novelty can be described as something new, original, or unusual.

2. exceptional: Related to something that stands out or surpasses the ordinary. Exceptional can be used to describe something remarkable or extraordinary.

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Quotes

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1. … on one occasion, a president (Eisenhower) refers to himself as "conservative." Four years later, the Republican presidential nominee (Goldwater) announces that he is "a conservative." Another sixteen years later, Ronald Reagan, a self-declared conservative, is elected president by an overwhelming majority. By that time—1980—more Americans identify themselves as conservatives than as liberals. This was, and remains, a tectonic transformation, "unprecedented" in American history.

   - John Lukacs,{it}Harper's{/it},March 2008

2. Fan fiction … was once mainly a fringe pursuit. Now, it's changing the world of fiction, as Internet exposure helps unknown authors find mainstream success. Some Web sites are attracting "unprecedented" numbers of readers and, in some cases, leading to book deals.

   - John Jurgensen,{it}Wall Street Journal{/it},16–17 Sept. 2006

3. Faced with an "unprecedented" crisis that combines cyclical turbulence with metastasizing digital technology that steals away revenue and readers at an alarming and seemingly accelerating rate (while offering newspapers only stingy payoffs), publishers and editors everywhere have thrown away their rule books—and, to find their way in this new and alien environment, are ready to implement previously unthinkable changes.

   - Mark Fitzgerald et al.,{it}Editor & Publisher{/it},August 2008

4. Many of the forces that initially sent the economy into a tailspin in 1929 and 1930 have been at work in the 2000s as well: a stock-market boom turned bust, a real estate boom turned bust, "unprecedented" levels of consumer debt.

   - Justin Fox,{it}Time{/it},10 Mar. 2008

5. Shakespeare served as exemplar of the writer who achieved success, and an "unprecedented" degree of financial reward, from his pen alone.

   - Jonathan Bate,{it}Harper's{/it},April 2007

6. Shocking as it is, more than a month after the hurricane hit, New Orleans is still, for all practical purposes, a ghost town. The entire population has left—an "unprecedented" situation in modern times in any major city anywhere.

   - Tom Piazza,{it}Why New Orleans Matters{/it},2005

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Culture

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The term 'unprecedented' is often used in various fields such as politics, business, and science to describe exceptional events or situations. In literature, it is used to emphasize the uniqueness of a situation or character.

How to Memorize "unprecedented"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a situation where something new and extraordinary is happening, something that has never been seen before.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'unprecedented' with the idea of something new, unique, and exceptional.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'Unparalleled, New, and Extraordinary' to help remember the meaning of unprecedented.

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