matchless

== English == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From match +‎ -less, modelled after or partly continuing Middle English makeless (“having no peer or equal, matchless”), equivalent to make +‎ -less. Compare Swedish makalös (“incomparable, matchless”), Danish mageløs (“matchless”). ==== Adjective ==== matchless (comparative more matchless, superlative most matchless) Having no match; without equal. 2002, Daniel Okrent, "Books: A Prince of a Pitcher" (Review of: Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy), Time, 30 Sept.: It was not his matchless talent that exalted Koufax beyond his greatest contemporaries so much as it was his knowledge that character was not connected to talent. Having no mate. ===== Synonyms ===== (without equal): incomparable, nonpareil, peerless, unequaled, unmatched, unparalleled, unsurpassed (having no mate): single, unattached ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From match + -less. ==== Adjective ==== matchless (not comparable) Without the use of matches for ignition. a matchless stove