Unequalled

Definition: Unequalled

Unequalled

Adjective

1. Radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history".

Date "unequalled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonyms: Unequalled

Synonyms: alone(p) (adj), unequaled (adj), unique (adj), unparalleled (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Superiority	Supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, preeminent, foremost, crowning; first-rate; (important), (excellent); unrivaled peerless, matchless; none such, second to none, sans pareil; unparagoned, unparalleled, unequalled, unapproached, unsurpassed; superlative, inimitable facile princeps, incomparable, sovereign, without parallel, nulli secundus, ne plus ultra; beyond compare, beyond comparison; culminating; (topmost); transcendent, transcendental;plus royaliste que le Roi, more catholic than the Pope
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	Erasmus Darwin: A Life of Unequalled Achievement (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Unequalled Equals/Equals [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Henry James	She had an unequalled gift... of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	Our flourishing progress has been marked by price stability that is unequalled in the world.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Unequalled" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unequalled" is used about 52 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	52	47,145

Expression using "unequalled": be unequalled for beauty. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "unequalled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i patejkalueshëm (insuperable, unexcelled, unrivalled, unsurpassed), i pabarazueshëm (incomparable), i paarritshëm (bottomless, inaccessible, reachless, unachievable, unattainable, uncome-at-able, unget-at-able, unobtainable, unprocurable, unrealizable). (various references)

Arabic		‏منقطع النظير (matchless, nonesuch, peerless, unexampled, unrivalled). (various references)

Bulgarian		нямащ равен на себе си (unparalleled, unrivalled), ненадминат (all-time, consummate, egregious, matchless, surpassing, unapproachable, unbeatable, unbeaten, unbroken, unmatched, unrivalled, unsurpassable, unsurpassed). (various references)

Chinese		� 与伦�" (unequaled). (various references)

Czech		nepřekonatelný (compelling, deep rooted, immovable, impassable, insuperable, insurmountable, irresistible, overwhelming, unbreakable, unequaled, utter), nemající sobì rovna (unequaled, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled, unsurpassed, untouched). (various references)

Finnish		vertaansa vailla (incomparable), verraton (beyond comparison, incomparable, invaluable, unparalleled, unrivalled). (various references)

French		sans pareil (unexampled, unmatched, unparalleled), inégalé (unexampled). (various references)

German		unerreicht (nonpareil, unachieved, unattained, unequaled, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled, unrivalled, unrivalledly, untouched), unübertroffen (unequaled, unexcelled, unmatched, unrivaled, unrivalled, unsurpassed), ohnegleichen (unequaled, unparalleled, unprecedented), beispiellos (unequaled, unexampled, unexampledly, unique, unparalleled, unprecedented, unprecendented). (various references)

Greek		αμίμητοσ (incomparable, inimitable, unrivalled). (various references)

Hungarian		utolérhetetlen (inimitable, peerless, untouched). (various references)

Italian		senza pari (matchless, peerless, surpassing, unequaled), incomparabile (incomparable, matchless, unequaled). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		無類 (matchless). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		むるい (matchless). (various references)

Manx		neuchorrymit. (various references)

Pig Latin		equalledunay

Portuguese		sem igual (alone, matchless, nonpareil, onerous, peerless, unapproachable, unbeatable, unexampled, unexcelled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unsurpassed), inigualável (peerless, surpassing, unparalleled), incomparável (absolute, inappropriate, incompact, incompatibility, matchless, nonpareil, peerless, surpassing, unapproachable, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled). (various references)

Romanian		neegalat, fãrã pereche (matchless, peerless, unparalleled, unrivalled, without compare). (various references)

Russian		непревзойденный (inimitable, matchless, nonpareil, second to none, unequaled, unexcelled, unrivaled, unrivalled, unsurpassed), бесподобный (matchless, nonpareil, peerless, unmatched, unparalleled). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		neizjednačen, nedostižan (bottomless, elusive, hard to reach, inaccessible, inscrutable, unapproachable, unattainable, unavailable, uncome-at-able, unscalable). (various references)

Swedish		oöverträffad (unbeaten, unbroken, unmatched, unsurpassed), makalös (incomparable, matchless, nonpareil, peerless, surpassing, unexampled, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled), enastående (eminent, exceptionally, exquisite, extremely, incomparable, matchless, outstanding, phenomenal, rara avis, rare, singular, sovereign, top flight, transcendent, unbeatable, unexampled, unique, unparallelled). (various references)

Turkish		emsalsiz (incomparable, matchless, nonpareil, peerless, unmatched), eşsiz (heavenly, in a class of one's own, incomparable, inimitable, irreplaceable, matchless, nonesuch, nonpareil, peerless, singular, unexampled, unexcelled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled, unrivalled, unsurpassed, without a peer), benzersiz (in a class of one's own, inimitable, matchless, nonesuch, nonpareil, unexampled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled). (various references)

Vietnamese		vô song (incomparable, matchless, nonpareil, peerless, unexampled, unparalleted, unrivalled), không ai sánh kịp; vô địch, không ai bằng. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Unequalled" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unequeled. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-l-l-n-q-u-u"
	-1 letter: unequaled.
	-2 letters: equalled.
	-3 letters: equaled, lunulae, quelled, unequal.
	-4 letters: allude, aludel, aneled, leaden, leaned, lunula, lunule, nulled, queued, unlade, unlead.
	-5 letters: allee, anele, eland, elude, endue, equal, laden, ladle, naled, quale, quean, queen, quell, queue, ulnad, ulnae, undee, undue, unled.
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