Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
having no precedent;
novel;
- Example: "an unprecedented expansion in population and industry"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unprecedented \Un*prec"e*dent*ed\, a.
Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case;
not having the authority of prior example; novel; new;
unexampled. -- Un*prec"e*dent*ed*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unprecedented
adj 1: having no precedent; novel; "an unprecedented expansion
in population and industry" [ant: precedented]