Incomparable Meaning
/ɪŋˈkɒmp(ə)rəbəl/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjNot comparable.
adjSo much better than another as to be beyond comparison.
Sentence Examples
Her beauty is incomparable.
Man is an example of nature's incomparable patience.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The artist's unique style is ____ to any other painter in history.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The view from the top of the mountain peak is truly ____ and worth the long, hard climb.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English incomparable, from Middle French incomparable, from Old French [Term?], from Latin incomparābilis. By surface analysis, in- + comparable.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I know of nothing in all drama more incomparable from the point of view of art, nothing more suggestive in its subtlety of observation, than Shakespeare's drawing of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern."
— c. 1905, Oscar Wilde, edited by Robert Baldwin Ross, De Profundis, published 1909, page 112:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The artist's unique style is ____ to any other painter in history.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The view from the top of the mountain peak is truly ____ and worth the long, hard climb.