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uneˈxampled, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
Having no preceding or similar example; unprecedented, unparalleled.
1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 724 David King of Scots, who with his unexampled cruelty had made this country almost a wildernesse. a1676Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iv. iv. (1677) 325 This admirable..production of such a Nature unexampled before. 1763Wilkes Corr. (1805) I. 75 Your lordship's unexampled care of his majesty's youth. 1816J. Scott Vis. Paris (ed. 5) 176 With unexampled ability and villainy, he fashioned the people to suit his views. 1855Bain Senses & Int. iii. iv. §24 This is an extreme case, but not unexampled in the history of the world. |
