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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Matchless \Match"less\, adjective [Cf. {Mateless}.]

1. Having no equal; unequaled. ''A matchless queen.'' --Waller.

2. Unlike each other; unequal; unsuited. [Obs.] ''Matchless ears.'' --Spenser. -- {Match"less*ly}, adverb -- {Match"less*ness}, noun

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

matchless

adjective: eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art" [syn: {nonpareil}, {one(a)}, {one and only(a)}, {peerless}, {unmatched}, {unmatchable}, {unrivaled}, {unrivalled}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

50 Moby Thesaurus words for "matchless": best, beyond compare, beyond comparison, champion, choice, easily first, elect, elite, facile princeps, for the best, greatest, handpicked, immortal, incomparable, inimitable, invincible, nulli secundus, only, optimal, optimum, original, paramount, peerless, picked, prime, prize, quintessential, second to none, select, sui generis, supreme, surpassing, unapproachable, unapproached, unbeatable, unequaled, unexampled, unexcelled, unique, unmatchable, unmatched, unparagoned, unparalleled, unpeered, unrivaled, unsurpassable, unsurpassed, very best, without equal, without parallel

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