Meanings
adverbbar none (not comparable)
- idiomaticnot comparableWithout exception; excluding nothing else of the same kind.
The best tiramisu I've ever tasted, bar none.
2 more examples
Mexican horses are the finest in the world, bar none.
1913, Zane Grey, chapter 4, in Desert Gold. . . Ireland, or something of that sort, which he described in his lengthy dissertation as the richest country bar none on the face of God's earth.
1922, James Joyce, chapter 16, in Ulysses
Origin
Possibly a shortened form of "to bar none" or "barring none".
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 無例外 /无例外
- 無例外 /无例外 (wú lìwài)without exception
Esperanto senescepte
- senesceptewithout exception
Finnish poikkeuksetta
- poikkeuksettawithout exception
French sans exception
- sans exceptionwithout exception
Italian senza eccezione
- senza eccezionewithout exception
Polish bez wyjątku
- bez wyjątkuwithout exception
Portuguese sem exceção
- sem exceçãowithout exception
Russian без исключения
- без исключения (bez isključenija)without exception
Spanish sin excepción
- sin excepciónwithout exception
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MLA
“bar none.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bar%20none. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bar none,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bar%20none.
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