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Webster 1913 Edition


Matchless

Match′less

,
Adj.
[Cf.
Mateless
.]
1.
Having no equal; unequaled.
“A matchless queen.”
Waller.
2.
Unlike each other; unequal; unsuited.
[Obs.]
Matchless ears.”
Spenser.
Match′less-ly
,
adv.
Match′less-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Matchless

MATCH'LESS

,
Adj.
Having no equal; as matchless impudence; a matchless queen; matchless love or charms.

Definition 2024


matchless

matchless

English

Adjective

matchless (comparative more matchless, superlative most matchless)

  1. Having no match; without equal.
    • 1819, Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, ch. 8:
      [T]he Prince was to declare the victor in the first day's tourney, who should receive as prize a warhorse of exquisite beauty and matchless strength.
    • 2002, Daniel Okrent, "Books: A Prince of a Pitcher" (Review of: Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy), Time, 30 Sept.:
      It was not his matchless talent that exalted Koufax beyond his greatest contemporaries so much as it was his knowledge that character was not connected to talent.
  2. Having no mate.
    • 2010, Sandra Brennan, "Movies: The Flying Matchmaker (1966)," nytimes.com, 1 June (retrieved 13 Sep 2010):
      In this comedy, a matchmaker has a matchless daughter. Try as he might, he cannot seem to find anyone for her.


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