unprecedented

Anglais modifier

unprecedented \Prononciation ?\

Sans précédent, inouï.
- Intemperance at this time prevailed to an awful and unprecedented degree. — (Robert O. Levy, Tahitians: Mind and Experience in the Society Islands, page 410. University of Chicago Press, 1975.)
- Corruption, vast concentrations of wealth, and a drastic fall in living standards, including an unprecedented decline in life expectancy, were the accepted costs to establishing capitalism at any price. — (James Petras et Henry Veltmeyer, Multinationals on Trial: Foreign Investment Matters, page 108. Ashgate Publishing, 2007.)
- We begin this year and this administration in the midst of an unprecedented crisis that calls for unprecedented action. — (Barack Obama, « The President’s Weekly Address, January 24, 2009 », dans Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack Obama, 2009, Volume 1, page 13. United States Government Printing Office, 2011.)
- Leading tabloid newspapers concealed or destroyed evidence that they illegally targeted Prince Harry and his circle of friends and advisers over many years, according to allegations contained in his unprecedented legal action against two media groups. — (Jamie Doward et Vanessa Thorpe, « Prince Harry: tabloids hid hacking crimes for 20 years ». Theguardian.com, 5 octobre 2019.)