unparalleled

English

Alternative forms

• unparallelled (UK)

Etymology

From un- +‎ paralleled.

Adjective

unparalleled (comparative more unparalleled, superlative most unparalleled)

1. Having no parallel; without equal; lacking anything similar or worthy of comparison.

   The candidate experienced unparalleled support in the last election.

   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Morality of Diamonds”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 23:

     Experience had taught me, that woman's falsehood was no unparalleled marvel; but it had coupled with this conviction, that nothing in after life can atone for the bitterness of our first rude awakening.

   • 1946 March and April, “Railway Maintenance and Safety”, in Railway Magazine, page 68:

     Such equipment has had to bear the unparalleled stress of wartime operation without the maintenance and renewal it would have received under the far easier conditions of peacetime working.

Translations

having no parallel

• Bulgarian: несравним (bg) (nesravnim)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無比的 / 无比的 (wúbǐde), 無雙的 / 无双的 (wúshuangde), 空前未有的 (kōngqiánwèiyǒude), 無人能出其右的 / 无人能出其右的 (wúrénnéngchuqíyòude)

• Dutch: ongeëvenaard (nl)
• Finnish: verraton (fi), vertaansa vailla, ennätyksellinen (fi)
• French: sans égal (fr), incomparable (fr)
• Greek: απαράμιλλος (el) m (aparámillos)
• Ottoman Turkish: اشسز (eşsiz)
• Polish: bezprzykładny (pl)
• Portuguese: ímpar (pt)
• Russian: беспримерный (ru) (besprimernyj), бесподобный (ru) (bespodobnyj), беспрецеде́нтный (ru) (besprecedéntnyj)
• Sanskrit: अतुल्य (sa) (atulya)
• Spanish: sin par (es), sin parangón, señero (es)
• Turkish: eşşiz, benzersiz (tr)
• Welsh: heb ail