unmatchable

English

Etymology

un- + matchable

Adjective

unmatchable (comparative more unmatchable, superlative most unmatchable)

  1. Unable to be matched.
    • 1995, V. Balakrishnan, Network Optimization (page 228)
      An edge in a graph which has a perfect matching is an unmatchable edge if no perfect matching in the graph contains that edge.
  2. Uniquely good; not approached by anything else in quality or excellence.
    • 2007 January 2, Allan Kozinn, “Celebrating Movie Musicals That Are Never Out of Date”, in New York Times:
      Yes, the originals were fantastic, perhaps even unmatchable.

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