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unprecedent

unprecedent is the misconstruction of unprecedented.

Meaning of unprecedented

Adjective

unprecedented (not comparable)

  1. Never before seen, done, or experienced; without precedent.
    • With the descent of the cold war, relations between the two countries (for this is, to all intents and purposes, what they became after the end of the war) were almost completely broken off, with whole families split for the ensuing decades, some for ever. This event and its after-effects, along...2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian

Origin of unprecedent

From un- + precedent.

Questions about unprecedent

What is unprecedent the misconstruction of?
Unprecedent is the misconstruction of unprecedented.

Words near unprecedent in the dictionary

  1. unpreaching
  2. unpreachy
  3. unprecarious
  4. unprecautioned
  5. unpreceded
  6. unprecedent
  7. unprecedental
  8. unprecedented
  9. unprecedentedly
  10. unprecedentedness
  11. unprecedential

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