unparalleled

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un- +‎ paralleled

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unparalleled (comparative more unparalleled, superlative most unparalleled)

  1. Having no parallel; without equal; lacking anything similar or worthy of comparison.
    The candidate experienced unparalleled support in the last election.
    • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Morality of Diamonds”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. [], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, [], →OCLC, page 23:
      Experience had taught me, that woman's falsehood was no unparalleled marvel; but it had coupled with this conviction, that nothing in after life can atone for the bitterness of our first rude awakening.
    • 1946 March and April, “Railway Maintenance and Safety”, in Railway Magazine, page 68:
      Such equipment has had to bear the unparalleled stress of wartime operation without the maintenance and renewal it would have received under the far easier conditions of peacetime working.

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