unmatched
Britishadjective
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not equalled
a landscape of unmatched beauty
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(of socks, clothes, etc) not matching
unmatched dresses and stockings
Explanation
If something is unmatched, there's nothing that quite compares to it. Your parents might buy a certain car because of its unmatched safety record. Some basketball fans say that Michael Jordan's ability as a player is unmatched, while others argue that LeBron James has matched (and even exceeded) Jordan's status. And if the volume of your brother's burps is unmatched, it means he's the loudest ever. Another way to use this adjective is to describe one half of a pair, like a sock without its identical mate: "Hey, did you know your socks are unmatched?"
Example Sentences
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From the top down, Putin and Xi have tried to project an unmatched friendship between the two of them.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Pairing compute and memory allows for unmatched speed for any memory-intensive task that doesn’t leave the confines of a single Wafer-Scale Engine.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Based on both individual play and contributions to his teams, LeBron’s entire body of work is unmatched and LeBron’s play at age 41 is still magnificent.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
The state has unmatched fingerprints and DNA, but it has not tested them to see if they belong to Irving.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Worsley must go along: no one else was capable of the navigating that this journey would require, and his experience with small boats was unmatched.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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