unexampled

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ exampled.

Adjective

unexampled (not comparable)

  1. Lacking prior examples; unprecedented.
    • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
      Shortly after this Mrs. Wix looked so ill that it was to be feared her ladyship had treated her to some unexampled passage.
    • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 7,
      At the height of Napoleon's unexampled conquests […]
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