unmatchable

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ matchable.

Adjective

unmatchable (comparative more unmatchable, superlative most unmatchable)

  1. Unable to be matched.
    • 1995, V. Balakrishnan, Network Optimization, page 228:
      An edge in a graph which has a perfect matching is an unmatchable edge if no perfect matching in the graph contains that edge.
  2. Uniquely good; not approached by anything else in quality or excellence.
    • 2007 January 2, Allan Kozinn, “Celebrating Movie Musicals That Are Never Out of Date”, in New York Times:
      Yes, the originals were fantastic, perhaps even unmatchable.

Translations

Noun

unmatchable (plural unmatchables)

  1. Something that cannot be matched.
    • 2015, Peter Baskerville, Kris Inwood, Lives in Transition: Longitudinal Analysis from Historical Sources, page 209:
      Both the matchables and the unmatchables direct us along new lines of inquiry. The matchables invite study of kinship, neighbouring, and property as advantageous ladders of social advancement, while the unmatchables invite inquiry into risk, its incidence, and the strategies young people were employing []