surpass
verb (used with object)
to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
unsurpassable
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a word derived from
surpass.
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a word derived from
unsurpassed.
unsurpassedadjectivesuperior in achievement or excellence to any other
Example Sentences
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By approval of golfing royalty, the quality in Troon outdid what we thought was the unsurpassable genius of Turnberry.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024
There are records that seem unsurpassable — only to be felled by the wrecking ball of a single stirring, stunning outlier of a performance.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
From its debut in 1999 to its blackout finale in 2007, “The Sopranos” set a seemingly unsurpassable benchmark for acting.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
These bludgeoning pressures alone are at once singular and unprecedented, unsurpassed and quite possibly unsurpassable in their magnitude.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2020
A chopped-up mixture of heart, lungs, liver, flesh and cleaned-out intestines sprinkled with fish parts, the whole soaked in a yolk-and-serum gravy, made an unsurpassable, finger-licking thali.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
