unexampled

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ exampled.

Adjective

unexampled (not comparable)

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, chapter 7, in Billy Budd‎, London: Constable & Co.:
  At the height of Napoleon's unexampled conquests […]

Translations

lacking prior examples — see also unprecedented,‎ unheard-of

Belarusian: бяспры́кладны (bjasprýkladny)
Bulgarian: безпрецедентен (bg) (bezprecedenten)
Czech: bezpříkladný
Danish: eksempelløs
German: beispiellos (de)
Hungarian: példátlan (hu), példa nélküli, példa nélkül álló
Polish: bezprzykładny (pl)
Russian: бесприме́рный (ru) (besprimérnyj)
Swedish: exempellös (sv)
Ukrainian: безпри́кладний (uk) (bezprýkladnyj)

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