incomparable, uncomparable
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
incomparable (comparative more incomparable, superlative most incomparable)
So much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed.
(rare) Not able to be compared.
• 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.
incomparable (plural incomparables)
Something beyond compare; a thing with which there is no comparison.
Source: Wiktionary
In*com"pa*ra*ble, a. Etym: [L. incomparabilis: cf. F. incomparable. See In- not, and Comparable.]
Definition: Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent. A merchant of incomparable wealth. Shak. A new hypothesis . . . which hath the incomparable Sir Isaac Newton for a patron. Bp. Warburton.
– In*com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n.
– In*com"pa*ra*bly, adv. Delights incomparably all those corporeal things. Bp. Wilkins.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 October 2024
(noun) poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; “Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
