unmatchable

Examples

• All

• The conventional narrative conceives of acting troupes as participants in a cultural market, and of Marlowe as near-unmatchable competition in that market, pitting him (and the Admiral's Men) against everybody else, forces of the new against defenders of the old.

  Blog text (2)

• Johnson's interest in the scene is limited to the fact that the heroine loses her hair, another of her many links with the queen, who was just as famous for her bald head as for the unmatchable economic acumen within it.

  Academic text (2003)

• What you and Glim have sounds... unmatchable.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Thy spirit is high, unmatchable, where Caesar's is not.

  Antony and Cleopatra (1972)

• Brands will favor systems like this because it lets them deliver offers to you at just the right moment (when you're thinking about spending money) with an almost unmatchable precision.

  Blog text (17)

• But even that maddening, unmatchable hatch fulfills one of the hopes we bring to the river in the first place: to see it at the peak of vibrant life.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The Koreans fought back, but they were overwhelmed by the Manchus' unmatchable military strength and had no choice but to surrender to this emerging superpower of East Asia.

  Academic text (2015)

• Her talent for painting is truly unmatchable compared to other artists in the competition.

• The athlete set an unmatchable record that no one has been able to beat.

• With his unmatchable skills in negotiation, he was able to close the deal effortlessly.

Synonyms

I

invincible

vsunmatchable

92 6.5

Too strong to be defeated

relates to top quality rather than sheer power

O

one and only

vsunmatchable

65 3.9

A single person or thing that is special and has no equal

highlights top quality rather than just uniqueness

U

unparalleled

vsunmatchable

38 6.7

Better than anything else in quality or size

matches that sense but signals being too good to be equaled

U

unbeatable

vsunmatchable

30 3.4

Very hard to beat in a contest, like a team or player

focuses instead on being too good to be equaled, not only on winning

I

incomparable

vsunmatchable

20 6.0

So good or special that nothing else matches it

is similar but focuses clearly on being impossible to equal

U

unmatched

vsunmatchable

13 4.5

Being better or more impressive than anything else

uses a common form for the same idea

U

unassailable

vsunmatchable

11 8.0

So strong that no one can attack, defeat, or prove it wrong

centres on superior quality rather than invulnerability in conflict

U

unrivaled

vsunmatchable

• US

9 5.3

Better than any other person or thing

conveys identical status but stresses being too good to be equaled

I

inimitable

vsunmatchable

7 8.2

So special and good that no one can copy it

shares uniqueness but stresses being too good to be equaled rather than imitation

U

unsurpassed

vsunmatchable

6 6.3

Better than anything else in quality or skill

focuses on the same idea but stresses being too good to equal

P

peerless

vsunmatchable

5 7.2

So good that it has no match

expresses the same idea in more general wording

U

unequaled

vsunmatchable

• US

4 6.2

Better than any other person or thing

frames that superiority as being impossible to be equaled

I

in a league of one's own

vsunmatchable

2 6.8

Much better than others in skill or quality

expresses supreme quality in a more absolute way

M

matchless

vsunmatchable

2 6.0

So good that nothing else is as good

means the same idea expressed as being impossible to equal

U

unsurpassable

vsunmatchable

1 7.7

So good that no one can do better

gives the same sense but highlights being impossible to equal

N

nonpareil

vsunmatchable

• Literature

1 9.9

Having no equal in quality or skill

means the same idea framed in more common language

N

nonrival

vsunmatchable

7.9

Better than any other in skill or quality

highlights absence of competitors but stresses being too good to equal

Antonyms

C

comparable

131 3.6

Similar in value, amount, or quality

M

matchable

1 4.5

Can be equaled by other people or things in quality

How Exceptional

unmatchable

1 6.2

outstanding

257 3.4

excellent

∞ 1.0

good

∞ 1.0

ordinary

683 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology