unequalled

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un·e·qualed

also un·e·qualled (ŭn-ē′kwəld)

adj.

Not matched or paralleled by others of its kind; unrivaled.

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unequalled

(ʌnˈiːkwəld) or

unequaled

adj

not equalled; unparalleled or unrivalled; supreme

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Adj.

unequalled - radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history"

unequaled, unique, unparalleled, alone

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"

unequalled

adjective incomparable, supreme, unparalleled, paramount, transcendent, unrivalled, second to none, pre-eminent, inimitable, unmatched, peerless, unsurpassed, matchless, beyond compare, without equal, nonpareil We offer an unequalled level of service.

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Translations

incomparabile senza esempio senza pari

unequalled

unequaled (US) [ˈʌnˈiːkwəld] ADJ → inigualado, sin par
a record unequalled by anybody → un historial inigualado or sin par

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unequalled

[ˌʌnˈiːkwəld] (British) unequaled [ʌnˈiːkwəld] (US) adj → inégalé(e)

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unequalled

, (US) unequaled

adj → unübertroffen; skill, record, civilization also → unerreicht; beauty also, stupidity, ignorance → beispiellos, ohnegleichen (after noun); he is unequalled by any other player → kein anderer Spieler kommt ihm gleich

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unequalled

unequaled (Am) [ʌnˈiːkw/əld] adj → senza pari, insuperato/a

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There the sugar-cane and indigo plant attain a perfection unequalled in any other part of North America.

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It was a season of unequalled prosperity in Devil's Ford.

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Once returned from the abysms of the utter North to that little house upon the outskirts of Meudon, it was not the philosopher, the daring observer, the man of iron energy that imposed himself on his family, but a fat and even plaintive jester, a farceur incarnate and kindly, the co-equal of his children, and, it must be written, not seldom the comic despair of Madame Lavalle, who, as she writes five years after the marriage, to her venerable mother, found "in this unequalled intellect whose name I bear the abandon of a large and very untidy boy." Here is her letter:

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Now many moons had gone by since Umslopogaas became a king of the wolves, and he was a man full grown, a man fierce and tall and keen; a slayer of men, fleet of foot and of valour unequalled, seeing by night as well as by day.

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I believe it to be an intuitive discernment, a quick but never-failing power of judgment, a penetration into the causes of things, unequalled for clearness and precision; add to this a facility of expression and a voice whose varied intonations are soul-subduing music.

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Elton actually making violent love to her: availing himself of the precious opportunity, declaring sentiments which must be already well known, hopingfearingadoringready to die if she refused him; but flattering himself that his ardent attachment and unequalled love and unexampled passion could not fail of having some effect, and in short, very much resolved on being seriously accepted as soon as possible.

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That is the body of Chrysostom, who was unrivalled in wit, unequalled in courtesy, unapproached in gentle bearing, a phoenix in friendship, generous without limit, grave without arrogance, gay without vulgarity, and, in short, first in all that constitutes goodness and second to none in all that makes up misfortune.

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I have four harriers which are considered the swiftest in the county, and a pack of hounds which are unequalled for twenty leagues around."

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When she did understand it, however, and found herself expected to believe that she had created sensations which his heart had never known before, and that everything he had done for William was to be placed to the account of his excessive and unequalled attachment to her, she was exceedingly distressed, and for some moments unable to speak.

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Her mother might have made inquiries, and have discovered that this Mrs d'Urberville was a lady of unequalled virtues and charity.

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An elderly dame, too, dwells in my neighborhood, invisible to most persons, in whose odorous herb garden I love to stroll sometimes, gathering simples and listening to her fables; for she has a genius of unequalled fertility, and her memory runs back farther than mythology, and she can tell me the original of every fable, and on what fact every one is founded, for the incidents occurred when she was young.

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The country-girl, willing to give her utmost assistance, proposed to make an Indian cake, after her mother's peculiar method, of easy manufacture, and which she could vouch for as possessing a richness, and, if rightly prepared, a delicacy, unequalled by any other mode of breakfast-cake.