incomparable
[in-kom-per-uh-buhl, -pruh-buhl]
- beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- not comparable; incapable of being compared to each other, as two unlike objects or qualities, or to one or more others.
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Origin of incomparable
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Latin word incomparābilis. See in-3, comparable
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Contemporary Examples
There is, of course, a line of work in which Lewinsky has incomparable expertise and experience: that of a crisis PR strategist.
Monica Lewinsky Is Doomed: Trying To Craft a Career Outside Her Infamy May Be ImpossibleLloyd Grove
July 2, 2014
It is this grand and incomparable concept: As God now is, man may become!
When my 21/2 -year-old niece reaches up to hold my hand, it brings me incomparable joy.
But as a sniper from a very great height, he was incomparable.
His numbers improved, declined, and improved again to a degree that was incomparable to his modern-day pitcher counterparts.
Historical Examples
In conjunction they had bestowed upon him hours of incomparable sweetness.
Casanova's HomecomingArthur Schnitzler
I want Smollett's Works, for the sake of his incomparable humour.
The Letters of Robert BurnsRobert Burns
Three or four times he lunged with incomparable dash and dexterity.
The Prisoner of ZendaAnthony Hope
Duval, the "incomparable gymnast," and a host of other circus celebrities.
He was, also, an incomparable artisan and the most exacting foreman in the shops.
Stories of a Western TownOctave Thanet
incomparable
- beyond or above comparison; matchless; unequalled
- lacking a basis for comparison; not having qualities or features that can be compared
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Word Origin and History for incomparable
adj.
early 15c., from Old French incomparable (12c.) or directly from Latin incomparabilis, from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + comparabilis "comparable" (see comparable).
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