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beyond comparison

Also, without comparison or beyond compare. Too superior to be compared, unrivaled, as in This view of the mountains is beyond comparison, or That bakery is without comparison. The first term, more common today than the much older variants, was first recorded in 1871. Without comparison goes back to 1340, and without compare to 1621.

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Nearby words

bey, beyle, beylic, beyond, beyond a doubt, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond one's depth, beyond one's means, beyond question, beyond reach
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