matchless

[ mach-lis ]

/ ˈmætʃ lɪs /

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adjective

having no equal; peerless; unequaled; incomparable: matchless courage.

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Origin of matchless

First recorded in 1520–30; match² + -less

OTHER WORDS FROM matchless

match·less·ly, adverbmatch·less·ness, noun

Words nearby matchless

matched-pairs design, matched sample, matchet, match-fit, match-funding, matchless, matchlist, matchlock, match made in heaven, matchmaker, matchmark

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How to use matchless in a sentence

A scholar, teacher, bestselling author and later accomplished businesswoman, Secretary Albright continued to advise presidents and members of Congress with matchless skill and diplomatic acumen.
Madeleine Albright passes away at 84|Brody Levesque|March 23, 2022|Washington Blade
Drugs can grant nearly matchless access to feeling free while simultaneously working, over time, to diminish the space in a life for practices of freedom.
Embracing the sprawling contradictions of ‘freedom’|Meara Sharma|September 10, 2021|Washington Post
Matchless English style, very funny in parts, wonderfully sardonic, yet sympathetic observation of the chaos of war.
Richard Dawkins: How I Write|Noah Charney|November 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His sons, particularly his two eldest sons, and a lot of his pupils knew that he was matchless.
John Eliot Gardiner Discusses His Monumental Bach Biography|Malcolm Jones|November 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST

She is timeless, her combination of poise, kindness, and intelligence are matchless.
Huma Abedin: Weiner's Spectacular Wife|Lois Romano|June 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
He made many of a rich yellow colour, and others of red, the latter of which are matchless instruments.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
His skill in presenting abstruse speculations is marvellous, and his outbursts of poetic genius are matchless in power and beauty.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
She afterwards gave a fine display by the wind, and showed matchless form on a dead run.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.
Thus did he impress his own mind and character upon them, and shape their institutions with matchless wisdom.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume II|John Lord
A gold fillet, set with another matchless diamond, confined her hair, which fell loosely in wavy tresses round her shoulders.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado|Frank Aubrey

British Dictionary definitions for matchless

matchless

/ (ˈmætʃlɪs) /

adjective

unequalled; incomparable; peerless

Derived forms of matchless

matchlessly, adverbmatchlessness, noun

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