unsurpassableadj.
/ˌʌnsəˈpɑːsəbl/, /ˌʌnsəˈpasəbl/, U.S. /ˌənsərˈpæsəb(ə)l/ (un- prefix1 1b.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > incomparable, unparalleled, or unique
unilicheOE
makelessc1225
unevenlyc1230
peerlessc1330
alonea1382
uncomparablea1382
unoverpassablea1382
solea1398
incomparable1412
sans-peer1426
nonpareilc1450
invincible1509
matchless1530
inimitable1531
unmatchable1544
unmatched1548
unpassable1563
alonely1567
inequivalent1568
mateless1570
unparagonized1578
only1581
fellowlessa1586
unimitablea1586
compareless1590
incompared1590
immatchless1595
unequalized1596
nonsuch1598
paragonless1599
immatchable1601
unparalleled1601
uncompeered1602
unpeered1602
imparalleled1604
unpeerable1604
unrivalled1607
uncompanioned1608
unexampled1610
unsurmountable1611
unsurpassable1611
unparagoned1612
patternless1613
unpatterned1617
unique1618
unparallelable1621
parallelless1622
unmatchless1623
single1633
unexemplifieda1634
unsampleda1638
unequalled1639
imparallel1641
unparallel1645
unseconded1646
unexemplary1649
unaccessional1651
unequalable1659
uncome-at-able1694
rivalless1735
untouched1735
unexcelleda1800
unexceeded1813
sans-pareilly1818
unsurpassed1818
unrivallable1823
unapproachable1834
untranscendeda1849
insuperable1849
unbrothered1853
unapproached1856
insurpassable1859
untouchable1867
hors concours1884
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adjective] > able to be surpassed > that cannot be surpassed
invincible1509
unsurpassable1799
unbeatable1897
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Insurmontable,..vnsurpassable, vnvanquishable.
1799 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 243 The descriptive parts of this idyll are capital—are unsurpassable.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. iii. 104 For freshness of style,..that opening Harangue of his was unsurpassable.
1876 Contemp. Rev. June 36 A sea-board..capable of producing..fruits, in quantities unsurpassable.
Derivatives
unsurˈpassably adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adverb]
excellentlyc1400
transcendingly1528
transcendently1623
overshadowingly1842
unsurpassably1859
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adverb] > in a way that is unparalleled or unique
onlyOE
unilichec1300
unlike?c1335
incomparablyc1422
sans-peer1426
incomparable1482
uncomparably1548
peerless1596
matchlessly1598
peerlessly1600
unimitably1622
unparalleledly1639
matchlessc1650
uniquely1805
unapproachably1846
unsurpassably1859
1859 J. Ruskin Two Paths App. i. 254 Entirely, admirably, unsurpassably right, under the conditions.
1872 Carlyle's Schiller in Wks. (1899) XXV. 226 Dannecker..has unsurpassably cut this head in marble for us.
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