Meanings
adjectiveunequalled (not comparable)
alternative unequaled
- UKnot comparableWithout equal; unmatched.
Coastal defences were breached at many places from the Humber right round to the outskirts of London, and the inundation of low-lying lands caused damage on a scale unequalled within living memory.
1953 May, “British Railways and the January Floods”, in Railway Magazine, page 301
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveradically distinctive and without equal
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishequalled
- Englishunequalled
Translations
Bulgarian безподобен
- безподобен (bezpodoben)without equal
Danish uovertruffen
- uovertruffenwithout equal
Norwegian Bokmål uovertruffen
- uovertruffenwithout equal
Spanish inigualado
- inigualadowithout equal
Cite this entry
APA
unequalled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unequalled
MLA
“unequalled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unequalled. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unequalled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unequalled.
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