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unˈmatched, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not matched or equalled; matchless; unrivalled.
1581Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 26 Though we get not so vnmatched a praise as the Etimologie of his names wil grant. 1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. vi. (1626) 109 Antigone, who stroue For vnmatcht beautie with the wife of Ioue. 1637J. Rutter 1st Pt. Cid v. iii. 27 It were better that his unmatch'd valour Should get him victory. 1678Dryden All for Love iv. i, Your unmatch'd desert. 1780Burke Sp. Bristol Wks. 1792 II. 313 Refusing to commit this act of un⁓matched turpitude. 1812Combe Syntax, Picturesque xxiv. 89 Shakespeare, immortal Bard sublime! Unmatch'd within the realms of time! a1845Hood Lamia i. 40 Let such an unmatched vision still shine on. 1878Symonds Sonn. M. Angelo lix, Nay, nor the unmatched phœnix lives anew, Unless she burn.
absol.1632R. Allen in Lithgow Trav. B 3 b, This thy second Pilgrimage of Minde,..in Methode, Phrase, and Stile, May match the most vnmatched in this Ile.
b. Const. by; at, for, in, or of.
1592Daniel Compl. Rosamond xxiv, Vnmatch'd by sword, [he] was vanquisht by a glaunce. 1602Warner Alb. Eng. xii. lxxiii. 304 Fertile grounds, vnmatch't for fruits. 1700Rowe Amb. Step-Moth. ii. ii, Long time unmatcht in War the Hero shone. 1789Burns Whistle iv, Unmatch'd at the bottle, unconquer'd in war. 1810Scott Lady of L. i. vii, Two dogs..Unmatch'd for courage. 1868Morris Earthly Par. I. ii. 629 This is the man, unmatched of heart and limb.
2. Not provided with something equal or alike.
1645Milton Tetrach. 19 When love findes it self utterly unmatcht, and justly vanishes. 1824Galt Rothelan III. 132 A mean abode,..with old-fashioned unmatched chairs.
Hence unˈmatchedness.
c1611Chapman Iliad Pref. A 3 b, His cleare vnmatchednesse in all manner of learning. |