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Webster 1913 Edition
Incomparable
In-com′pa-ra-ble
,Adj.
Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent.
A merchant of
– incomparable
wealth. Shakespeare
In-com′pa-ra-ble-ness
, Noun.
In-com′pa-ra-bly
, adv.
Delights
incomparably
all those corporeal things. Bp. Wilkins.
Webster 1828 Edition
Incomparable
INCOM'PARABLE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
incomparable
incomparable
English
Adjective
incomparable (comparative more incomparable, superlative most incomparable)
- So much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed.
- c. 1905, Oscar Wilde, De Profundis, (1909), Robert Baldwin Ross, ed., page 112:
- I know of nothing in all drama more incomparable from the point of view of art, nothing more suggestive in its subtlety of observation, than Shakespeare's drawing of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
- c. 1905, Oscar Wilde, De Profundis, (1909), Robert Baldwin Ross, ed., page 112:
- (rare) Not able to be compared.
Usage notes
- Using more or most with incomparable, though often disapproved, is relatively common. Such uses may once have only been accepted for poetic effect, but are now widespread.
- Despite its apparently absolute meaning, incomparable is often used as if there were degrees of incomparability, occurring with adverbs such as so and very.
Derived terms
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Translations
beyond comparison
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not able to be compared — see uncomparable