Unparalleled
[ʌn'pærəleld] or [ʌn'pærəlɛld]
Definition
(a.) Having no parallel, or equal; unequaled; unmatched.
Edited by Enrico
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unexampled, unequalled, unrivalled, unmatched, matchless, peerless, inimitable, unparagoned, unprecedented, without a parallel.
Editor: Sheldon
Definition
adj. without parallel or equal.—adj. Unpar′allelable incapable of being paralleled.
Typist: Vern
Examples
- I view you, sir, personally and politically, in no other light than as a most unparalleled and unmitigated viper. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- If I were to meet that most unparalleled despot in the streets to-morrow, I would fell him like a rotten tree! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was not until the summer of 1752 that he was enabled to complete his grand and unparalleled discovery by experiment. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Yesterday the stranger said to me, You may easily perceive, Captain Walton, that I have suffered great and unparalleled misfortunes. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- UNPARALLELED ATTRACTION! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- For a time that war was waged by the new levies with a patriotism and a zeal unparalleled in the world's history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the past six years there must have been a destruction of fixed ideas, prejudices, and mental limitations unparalleled in all history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Thence the swift progress of population among us, unparalleled in Europe. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- At the ripe age of sixty, I make this unparalleled confession. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Typist: Vern