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incomparable
adjective
So outstanding as to have no equal; also unsuitable for meaningful comparison.
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Having no equal
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Return to topIn praise, incomparable means outstanding beyond rivals; something unique is not necessarily superior.
Not meaningfully comparable
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Return to topThis sense concerns a lack of a common basis for comparison, rather than exceptional quality. Incommensurable emphasizes the absence of a shared measure.
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For the narrator, her grandmother's storytelling had an incomparable warmth.
The curator considered a sculpture's weight and a song's emotional effect incomparable as measures of artistic merit.
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