first-of-its-kind

English

Adjective

first-of-its-kind (not comparable)

1. (uncommon) Unique and exceptionally different.
2. (uncommon) Something unique which appears in the earliest phases.
   • 2017 July 27, Emily Rauhala, “Transgender Chinese man wins first-of-its-kind labor discrimination case”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 November 2017, WorldViews‎^[2]:

     A Chinese court on Thursday found that a transgender man was unjustly fired from his job, a first-of-its-kind ruling that activists called a step forward in the fight for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.

Noun

first-of-its-kind (plural first-of-its-kinds)

1. (uncommon) A unique example or type appearing in the earliest phases.

Hyponyms

• one-of-a-kind