uforlignelig

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Danish

Etymology

From u- (-un) +‎ forlignelig (dated: comparable).

Pronunciation

Adjective

uforlignelig (neuter uforligneligt, plural and definite singular attributive uforlignelige, comparative uforligneligere, superlative (predicative) uforligneligst, superlative (attributive) uforligneligste)

  1. incomparable, matchless, unequaled, unrivaled, inimitable
    • 2007, Eivissa: roman, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN, page 191:
      Jeg har forfædre, der var uforlignelige i deres gavnlighed.
      I have ancestors that were unparalleled in their usefulness.
    • 2000, Den tibetanske bog om livet og døden, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 425:
      Disse store mestre fortsætter med at bevæge og vejlede mig, og der går ikke en dag, uden at jeg husker dem og deres uforlignelige venlighed, og jeg fortæller mine elever og venner om dem.
      These great masters continue to move and guide me, and not a day passes that I do not remember them and their unequaled kindness, and I tell my students and friends about them.
    • 2012, Poul Funder Larsen, Spillet om milliarderne: Pengenes veje og vildveje i europæisk fodbold, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Men det var en række begivenheder i europæisk fodbold, helt uafhængigt af den uforlignelige teknikers bedrifter på banen, der gjorde det muligt for ham at veksle sin kunnen til beløb, fodboldspillere ikke havde drømt om bare en generation ...
      But it was a series of events in European football that, quite independently of the unrivaled technician's accomplishments on the field, made it possible for him to turn his skill into sums of money of which footballers had not dreamt only a generation ...

Adverb

uforlignelig

  1. inimitably, in an unequaled manner