INCOMPARABLE

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


Etymology

Adjective

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.

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.

Noun

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



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Word of the Day

13 March 2025

ACCURATE

(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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