unexampled

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 04:44, 13 March 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

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, [1]
      At the height of Napoleon's unexampled conquests []