incomparable

From Middle French incomparable, from Old French, from Latin incomparabilis

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkɒmp(ə)rəbəl/, /ɪnkəmˈparəbəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkɒmp(ə)rəbəl/, /ɪnkəmˈpɛrəbəl/

incomparable (comparative more incomparable, superlative most incomparable)

1. So much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed.
   • c. 1905, Oscar Wilde, De Profundis, (1909), Robert Baldwin Ross, ed., page 112:

     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.

2. (rare) Not able to be compared.

• Using more or most with incomparable, though often disapproved, is relatively common. Such uses may once have only been accepted for poetic effect, but are now widespread.
• Despite its apparently absolute meaning, incomparable is often used as if there were degrees of incomparability, occurring with adverbs such as so and very.

• incomparability

• comparable
• uncomparable
• there is no comparison between them

in- +‎ comparable

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pa.ʁabl/

incomparable (plural incomparables)

1. incomparable; uncomparable

• incomparablement

• “incomparable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

incomparable (plural incomparables)

1. uncomparable