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Meaning of INCOMPARABLE

Pronunciation:  in'kâmpurubul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared; "an incomparable week of rest and pleasure"; "the computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and efficiency"; "this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data"
 
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 Synonyms: all-time, alone(p), incommensurable, matchless, nonpareil, one and only(a), one(a), peerless, uncomparable, unequaled, unequalled, unique, unmatchable, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled, unrivalled
 
 Antonyms: comparable
 
 See Also: best, extraordinary

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\In*com"pa*ra*ble\, a. [L. incomparabilis: cf. F.
incomparable. See {In-} not, and {Comparable}.]
Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others;
unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless;
peerless; transcendent.
      A merchant of incomparable wealth.       --Shak.
      A new hypothesis . . . which hath the incomparable Sir
      Isaac Newton for a patron.               --Bp.
                                               Warburton.
-- {In*com"pa*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*com"pa*ra*bly}, adv.
      Delights incomparably all those corporeal things. --Bp.
                                               Wilkins.
 
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 Definition: 

Two elements a, b of a set are incomparable under some relation <= if neither a <= b, nor b <= a.

 
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