unexampled

[uhn-ig-zam-puh ld, -zahm-]

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adjective

unprecedented; unparalleled; unlike anything previously known: unexampled kindness; unexampled depravity.

Origin of unexampled

First recorded in 1600–10; un-¹ + example + -ed²

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Related Words for unexampled

unequaled, unrivaled, exclusive, different, rare, uncommon, particular, exceptional, singular, extraordinary, strange, unparalleled, weird, unprecedented, special, unusual, remarkable, fantastic, unheard-of, miraculous

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Historical Examples of unexampled

This was a thing as unexampled as the other circumstances of the battle.
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson
Robert Southey
A condition of unexampled friendship this, of complete oneness.
The Book of Khalid
Ameen Rihani
Her magnanimity, he tells us, is unexampled, and her fatalism pathetic.
The Book of Khalid
Ameen Rihani
All the circumstances of the case have been unexampled in history.
Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863
Various
In appearance he was almost as unique as his place in history is unexampled.
Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman
J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd

British Dictionary definitions for unexampled

unexampled

adjective

without precedent or parallel

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