beyond comparison

Idioms and Phrases

Also, without comparison or beyond compare . Too superior to be compared, unrivaled, as in This view of the mountains is beyond comparison , or That bakery is without comparison . The first term, more common today than the much older variants, was first recorded in 1871. Without comparison goes back to 1340, and without compare to 1621.

Example Sentences

But even with our limited and early information, the January 12, 2010 quake seems beyond comparison.

From The Daily Beast

Nowhere else but in wealthy England do God's creatures die of starvation, wanting food, while others are rich beyond comparison.

From Project Gutenberg

I knew her for my equal mentally; in so many things she was beyond comparison cleverer than I; her courage outwent mine.

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If he had no suspicion of 319 us he must be, beyond comparison, the greatest ass that I had ever fallen in with.

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Were there any fraud, the Baron said, his own loss would be beyond comparison more considerable than Beethovens.

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If such a woman chanced also to be beautiful beyond comparison with her less favored sisters, the conclusion was inescapable.

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