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unpreceded
Derived word form of preceded

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But in an unpreceded move, leaders of the Catholic church in the country broke their silence recently and warned the public to observe health measures to curb the spread of the virus.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2021

Also, I should have advised against entry into any room unpreceded by what in Stageland is termed "noise without."

From Paul Kelver, a Novel by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

About midnight they set out, unpreceded by any artillery preparation, feeling their way along in the dark and relying solely on the weapons they carried with them.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. by Various

She began with apologizing for a visit unpreceded by an introduction.

From Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

But the sacrament of his baptism being unhappily unpreceded by that of a marriage, he has bequeathed us one of those anomalous existences—one of those incomplete destinies, which embitter our admiration with disappointment and regret.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various