Unequaled
What it means
Not matched by any comparable person or thing in a valued quality.
Reach for it when Offering strong praise for excellence shown through comparison.
Her unequaled knowledge of the watershed shortened the search by hours.
Words to choose between 6
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everyday
Fits when excellence should be praised without absolute ranking
Not when does not claim first place
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professional
Fits when top performance within a defined category
Not when commercial jargon outside measured products
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professional
Fits when comparison finds no equivalent performance
Not when may mean merely not paired in other contexts
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formal
Fits when nothing has exceeded the quality or record
Not when allows an exact equal to exist
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literary
Fits when quality resists meaningful comparison
Not when can mean unlike rather than better
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literary
Fits when no equal exists in the relevant field
Not when can sound grander than the evidence warrants
Opposites 3
- ordinary
- inferior
- surpassed
Common phrases 3
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unequaled skill
Unequaled skill let the mason repair the arch without dismantling it.
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virtually unequaled
The archive is virtually unequaled for maps of the early railway.
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unequaled record
Her unequaled record includes forty years without a preventable loss.
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