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Synonyms

matchless

American  
[mach-lis] / ˈmætʃ lɪs /

adjective

  1. having no equal; peerless; unequaled; incomparable.

    matchless courage.


matchless British  
/ ˈmætʃlɪs /

adjective

  1. unequalled; incomparable; peerless

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of matchless

First recorded in 1520–30; match 2 + -less

Example Sentences

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He crusaded to restore the state’s tumbledown missions and built the city’s first museum, the Southwest, where he housed his matchless collection of artifacts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2022

The matchless pairing of performer and part — both Fanny and Barbra were self-deprecating singers with outsize dreams — sent Streisand into the showbiz stratosphere.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2022

Transitions may be concrete, as is the one Mark Twain uses: “Well, one matchless summer’s day. . .”

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

In the Greenwich Village folk music clubs, Dalton stood out for her distinct point of view, matchless voice and hardscrabble spirit.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021

One senses Madison's matchless political savvy at work throughout the process, but also a preview of Jefferson’s defiantly bold behavior thirteen years later in pushing through the Louisiana Purchase.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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