matchless

[ mach-lis ]

adjective

1. having no equal; peerless; unequaled; incomparable:

   matchless courage.

matchless

/ ˈmætʃlɪs /

adjective

1. unequalled; incomparable; peerless

Derived Forms

• ˈmatchlessness, noun
• ˈmatchlessly, adverb

Other Words From

• matchless·ly adverb
• matchless·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of matchless¹

First recorded in 1520–30; match ² + -less

Example Sentences

“You made the world, the audience fall in love with this song with your matchless performance, so thank you.”

From Los Angeles Times

Everything that’s matchless about Raban’s work — his hyperacute eye for detail, his powers of synthesis, his mordant sense of humor, his vast reservoirs of knowledge and his love of travel — is there.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s fair to say that the valley’s matchless terrain and fragile ecosystem would have been logged, plowed and plundered without their relentless efforts.

From Los Angeles Times

There, he is both power broker and matchless one-man repository of institutional memory.

From Washington Post

Powerfully imagined two times over, first by the matchless fantasy mind of J.R.R.

From Los Angeles Times