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Vinony

incomparable

adjective

  1. not able to be compared (for better or worse)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪŋˈkɒmp(ə)rəbəl/ / /ɪŋkəmˈpærəbəl/ / /ɪŋˈkɑmp(ə)ɹəbəl/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English incomparable, from Middle French incomparable, from Old French [Term?], from Latin incomparābilis. By surface analysis, in- + comparable.

  1. Not comparable.
  2. So much better than another as to be beyond comparison.

    “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.”

noun

Etymology: From Middle English incomparable, from Middle French incomparable, from Old French [Term?], from Latin incomparābilis. By surface analysis, in- + comparable.

  1. Something beyond compare; a thing with which there is no comparison.