Unprecedented
adjective
Never done or known before
“The scale of the retraction was unprecedented — no journal had ever recalled an entire volume before.”
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What does unprecedented mean?
Commonly confused with
- NotCommon and expected
- NotCarefully routine
- NotLoudly traditional
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