Both Uses
unprecedented
in
Oryx and Crake
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- A new form of the common house mouse addicted to the insulation on electric wiring had overrun Cleveland, causing an unprecedented number of house fires.†
p. 216.3unprecedented = not having happened before; or nothing similar having happened before
- Paradice had already developed a UV-resistant skin, a built in insect repellant, an unprecedented ability to digest unrefined plant material.†
p. 304.7 *
Definitions:
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(unprecedented) not having happened before; or nothing similar having happened before
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)