Incomparable

//ɪŋˈkɒmp(ə)rəbəl// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something beyond compare; a thing with which there is no comparison.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not comparable. literally, not-comparable
  2. 2
    So much better than another as to be beyond comparison. comparable, figuratively

    "I know of nothing in all drama more incomparable from the point of view of art, nothing more suggestive in its subtlety of observation, than Shakespeare's drawing of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern."

Adjective
  1. 1
    such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared wordnet

Synonyms

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incommensurableunparalleledalienall timealoneapart

Example

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"Man is an example of nature's incomparable patience."

Etymology

From Middle English incomparable, from Middle French incomparable, from Old French [Term?], from Latin incomparābilis. By surface analysis, in- + comparable.

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