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matchless

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match·less  (mchls)
adj.
Having no match or equal; unsurpassed: matchless virtuosity at the keyboard.

matchless·ly adv.

matchless [ˈmætʃlɪs]
adj
unequalled; incomparable; peerless
matchlessly  adv
matchlessness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.matchlessmatchless - eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art"
incomparable, uncomparable - such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared; "an incomparable week of rest and pleasure"; "the computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and efficiency"; "this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data"

matchless
adjective unequalled, unique, unparalleled, unrivalled, perfect, supreme, exquisite, consummate, superlative, inimitable, incomparable, unmatched, peerless, unsurpassed His simplicity and apparent ease are matchless.
common, average, equalled, ordinary, everyday, comparable, excelled, commonplace, surpassed, mediocre, second-class, no great shakes (informal), half-pie (N.Z. informal)
Translations
matchless [ˈmætʃlɪs] ADJsin par or igual, incomparable
matchless [ˈmætʃləs] adjsans égal
match point nballe f de match
matchless
matchless [ˈmætʃlɪs] adjsenza pari
matchless [ˈmætʃlɪs] adjsenza pari


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If I do not conceal myself, he may be reminded to write something disagreeable about my lack of a crest or my appetite for scrap- iron; and although he is inexpressibly brilliant when he devotes himself to censure of folly and greed, his dulness is matchless when he transcends the limits of legitimate comment.
There meet my gentle, matchless brothers, there I come, the obscure poet, all unfit To wear the radiant jewellery of wit, And in their golden presence cloud the air.
I exulted in the boundless freedom of the design; the open air of that immense scene, where adventure followed adventure with the natural sequence of life, and the days and the nights were not long enough for the events that thronged them, amidst the fields and woods, the streams and hills, the highways and byways, hostelries and hovels, prisons and palaces, which were the setting of that matchless history.
 
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