unprecedented

unprecedented
adjective
beispiellos; [noch] nie da gewesen
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adjective
(never known to have happened before: Such an action by a prime minister is unprecedented.) beispiellos
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un·prec·edent·ed
[ʌnˈpresɪdəntɪd, AM -ˈpresədent̬ɪd]
adj inv noch nie da gewesen; LAW ohne Präzedenz[fall], beispiellos
\unprecedented action beispiellose Aktion
\unprecedented in the history of sth beispiellos in der Geschichte einer S. gen
on an \unprecedented scale in bislang ungekanntem Ausmaß
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[ʌn'presIdəntId]
adj
noch nie da gewesen; success also beispiellos, ohnegleichen (after noun); profit, step unerhört

this event is unprecedented —

an unprecedented success — ein beispielloser or noch nie da gewesener Erfolg, ein Erfolg ohnegleichen

on an unprecedented scale — in einem noch nie da gewesenen Ausmaß

you realize it's quite unprecedented for a president to ... — es ist Ihnen wohl klar, dass es keinen Präzedenzfall dafür gibt, dass ein Präsident ...

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unprecedented adj (adv unprecedentedly)
1. beispiellos, unerhört, noch nie da gewesen
2. JUR ohne Präzedenzfall (auch fig)
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adjective
beispiellos; [noch] nie da gewesen
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adj.
beispiellos adj.

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