unmatchedadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈmatʃt/, U.S.

/ˌənˈmætʃt/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and match v.¹ and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, match v.¹, -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + match v.¹ + -ed suffix¹. Compare slightly later matched adj.

a. Not matched or equalled; incomparable; unparalleled. Also occasionally as n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > incomparable, unparalleled, or unique

unilicheOE

makelessc1225

unevenlyc1230

peerlessc1330

alonea1382

uncomparablea1382

unoverpassablea1382

solea1398

incomparable1412

sans-peer1426

nonpareilc1450

invincible1509

matchless1530

inimitable1531

unmatchable1544

unmatched1548

unpassable1563

alonely1567

inequivalent1568

mateless1570

unparagonized1578

only1581

fellowlessa1586

unimitablea1586

compareless1590

incompared1590

immatchless1595

unequalized1596

nonsuch1598

paragonless1599

immatchable1601

unparalleled1601

uncompeered1602

unpeered1602

imparalleled1604

unpeerable1604

unrivalled1607

uncompanioned1608

unexampled1610

unsurmountable1611

unsurpassable1611

unparagoned1612

patternless1613

unpatterned1617

unique1618

unparallelable1621

parallelless1622

unmatchless1623

single1633

unexemplifieda1634

unsampleda1638

unequalled1639

imparallel1641

unparallel1645

unseconded1646

unexemplary1649

unaccessional1651

unequalable1659

uncome-at-able1694

rivalless1735

untouched1735

unexcelleda1800

unexceeded1813

sans-pareilly1818

unsurpassed1818

unrivallable1823

unapproachable1834

untranscendeda1849

insuperable1849

unbrothered1853

unapproached1856

insurpassable1859

untouchable1867

hors concours1884

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxviii I surely thinke, and perfectly beleue, that he is aboue all other, the blasyng Starre, and the vnmatched Paragon.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. C2^v Though we get not so vnmatched a praise as the Etimologie of his names will grant.

1608 T. Middleton Mad World, my Masters iii. i. sig. D3 And here the vnmatched comes, now wife yfaith they'r gon, Push, see how fearefull tis, will you not credit me?

1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis vi. 109 Antigone, who stroue For vnmatcht beautie with the wife of Ioue.

1632 R. Allen in W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. B 3 b This thy second Pilgrimage of Minde,..in Methode, Phrase, and Stile, May match the most vnmatched in this Ile.

1678 J. Dryden All for Love iv. 56 Your unmatch'd desert.

1700 T. D'Urfey Famous Hist. Rise & Fall Massianello i. i. i. 1 The new Rais'd Plebeian, Massaniello, who tho a Fisherman,—has yet a Spirit of unmatched Force.

1780 E. Burke Speech Bristol previous to Election 54 Refusing to commit this act of unmatched turpitude.

1811 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Apr. 233 Shakspeare, immortal Bard sublime! Unmatch'd within the realms of Time!

1878 J. A. Symonds Sonnets M. Angelo lix Nay, nor the unmatched phœnix lives anew, Unless she burn.

1947 B. Feller Strikeout Story x. 87 I threw two fast ball strikes past Di Maggio, who stood and took them with his unmatched calm.

2009 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 83/1 (advt.) With unmatched clarity and arresting elegance, Frankel and Whitesides have designed a narrative and visual voyage into the nanouniverse.

b. In predicative use with at, by, for, in, of.

ΚΠ

1592 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond xxiv Vnmatch'd by sword, [he] was vanquisht by a glaunce.

1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xii. lxxv. 307 Fertile Grounds, vnmatch't for fruits.

1601 Marie Magdalens Lament. sig. Cii^v Whose peerelesse worth unmatcht of all that live, Being had (all ioy) and lost (all sorrowes) give.

1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 85 Unmatched at the bottle, unconquered in war.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 10 Two dogs..Unmatched for courage.

1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise ii. 629 This is the man, unmatched of heart and limb.

1919 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. viii. 273 A language of peculiar vowel sounds and even consonant-sounds struggling against a foreign invasion unmatched for strength or variety.

1952 Life 17 Nov. 1 (advt.) It's the Philco 2273, unmatched anywhere for sensitivity and power, with 245 square inch screen and UHF-VHF Built-In Aerial.

2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 June ii. 13/1 (advt.) The prints are produced with the latest giclée technology, a process unmatched in its precise coloring and razor-sharp detailing.

2. Not having a match, pair, or mate; not matched with something corresponding or complementary.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective]

othereOE

otherkinseOE

unilicheOE

elseOE

otherways?c1225

diversc1250

diverse1297

unlikea1300

likelessa1325

sundrya1325

contrariousc1340

nothera1375

strangec1380

anothera1382

otherwisea1393

diversed1393

differenta1400

differing?c1400

deparayll1413

disparable1413

disparail1413

dissemblable1413

party?a1439

unlikeningc1450

indifferent1513

distinct1523

repugnant1528

far1531

heterogene?1541

discrepant1556

mislike1570

contrary1576

distincted1577

another-gainesa1586

dispar1587

another gate1594

dislike1596

unresembling1598

heterogeneana1601

anothergates1604

heterogeneal1605

unmatched1606

disparate1608

disparent?1611

differential1618

dissimilar1621

disparated1624

dissimilary1624

heterogeneous1624

unparallel1624

otherguess1632

anotherguise1635

incongenerous1646

anotherguess1650

otherguise1653

distant1654

unresemblant1655

distantial1656

allogeneous1666

distinguished1736

otherguised1768

unsimilar1768

insimilar1801

anotherkins1855

diff1861

distinctive1867

othergate1903

unalike1934

1606 J. Marston Parasitaster iii. sig. E2 Naturally modest, too excellent, to bee left vnmatcht, tho few worthie to match with her.

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 19 When love findes it self utterly unmatcht, and justly vanishes.

1707 N. Tate Injur'd Love ii. i. 18 I will to Shades Retire, (Like an unmatched Turtle there to Mourn).

1824 J. Galt Rothelan III. 132 A mean abode,..with old-fashioned unmatched chairs.

1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. ii. 41 A small, sickly-looking woman, with..the wig without which no virtuous wife is complete... A lower stratum of unmatched brown peeped out in front of the Shaitel.

1949 J. Scarne On Cards ix. 63 Oklahoma Gin. In this variation the twenty-first card..determines the maximum number of points in unmatched cards with which a player may knock.

1998 A. Dias Designer & Client 29 Despite a pair of unmatched oars and her weight of around three-quarters of a ton, we rowed her back through a sea, golden in the color of the setting sun and as smooth as a sheet of glass.

2013 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 4 Sept. 30 I'll bet she has her spice rack arranged in alphabetical order and has a panic attack at the sight of an unmatched sock.

Derivatives

unˈmatchedness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > fact of being unparalleled or unique

singlurec1400

oddness1581

unmatchableness1608

peerlessness1611

unmatchedness?1611

incomparability1632

incomparableness1633

inimitableness1660

unparalleledness1665

unparallelness1667

peculiarity1751

uniquity1789

uniqueness1802

unicity1859

phoenixity1886

?1611 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Iliads Pref. sig. A 3^v His cleare vnmatchednesse in all manner of learning.

1879 All Year Round 27 Dec. 114/1 A whole pack of cards this time, and odd cards every one of them..odd in the sense of unmatchedness.

1978 J. Bayley Ess. Hardy 225 A sign of the unmatchedness which makes for a couple ‘the dreariest and the longest journey’.

2000 T. Lee White as Snow 255 These feelings were the offspring of..their unmatchedness, too, he made no secret of that.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unmatched
释义	unmatchedadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈmatʃt/, U.S. /ˌənˈmætʃt/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and match v.¹ and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, match v.¹, -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + match v.¹ + -ed suffix¹. Compare slightly later matched adj. 1. a. Not matched or equalled; incomparable; unparalleled. Also occasionally as n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > incomparable, unparalleled, or unique unilicheOE makelessc1225 unevenlyc1230 peerlessc1330 alonea1382 uncomparablea1382 unoverpassablea1382 solea1398 incomparable1412 sans-peer1426 nonpareilc1450 invincible1509 matchless1530 inimitable1531 unmatchable1544 unmatched1548 unpassable1563 alonely1567 inequivalent1568 mateless1570 unparagonized1578 only1581 fellowlessa1586 unimitablea1586 compareless1590 incompared1590 immatchless1595 unequalized1596 nonsuch1598 paragonless1599 immatchable1601 unparalleled1601 uncompeered1602 unpeered1602 imparalleled1604 unpeerable1604 unrivalled1607 uncompanioned1608 unexampled1610 unsurmountable1611 unsurpassable1611 unparagoned1612 patternless1613 unpatterned1617 unique1618 unparallelable1621 parallelless1622 unmatchless1623 single1633 unexemplifieda1634 unsampleda1638 unequalled1639 imparallel1641 unparallel1645 unseconded1646 unexemplary1649 unaccessional1651 unequalable1659 uncome-at-able1694 rivalless1735 untouched1735 unexcelleda1800 unexceeded1813 sans-pareilly1818 unsurpassed1818 unrivallable1823 unapproachable1834 untranscendeda1849 insuperable1849 unbrothered1853 unapproached1856 insurpassable1859 untouchable1867 hors concours1884 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxviii I surely thinke, and perfectly beleue, that he is aboue all other, the blasyng Starre, and the vnmatched Paragon. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. C2^v Though we get not so vnmatched a praise as the Etimologie of his names will grant. 1608 T. Middleton Mad World, my Masters iii. i. sig. D3 And here the vnmatched comes, now wife yfaith they'r gon, Push, see how fearefull tis, will you not credit me? 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis vi. 109 Antigone, who stroue For vnmatcht beautie with the wife of Ioue. 1632 R. Allen in W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. B 3 b This thy second Pilgrimage of Minde,..in Methode, Phrase, and Stile, May match the most vnmatched in this Ile. 1678 J. Dryden All for Love iv. 56 Your unmatch'd desert. 1700 T. D'Urfey Famous Hist. Rise & Fall Massianello i. i. i. 1 The new Rais'd Plebeian, Massaniello, who tho a Fisherman,—has yet a Spirit of unmatched Force. 1780 E. Burke Speech Bristol previous to Election 54 Refusing to commit this act of unmatched turpitude. 1811 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Apr. 233 Shakspeare, immortal Bard sublime! Unmatch'd within the realms of Time! 1878 J. A. Symonds Sonnets M. Angelo lix Nay, nor the unmatched phœnix lives anew, Unless she burn. 1947 B. Feller Strikeout Story x. 87 I threw two fast ball strikes past Di Maggio, who stood and took them with his unmatched calm. 2009 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 83/1 (advt.) With unmatched clarity and arresting elegance, Frankel and Whitesides have designed a narrative and visual voyage into the nanouniverse. b. In predicative use with at, by, for, in, of. ΚΠ 1592 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond xxiv Vnmatch'd by sword, [he] was vanquisht by a glaunce. 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xii. lxxv. 307 Fertile Grounds, vnmatch't for fruits. 1601 Marie Magdalens Lament. sig. Cii^v Whose peerelesse worth unmatcht of all that live, Being had (all ioy) and lost (all sorrowes) give. 1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 85 Unmatched at the bottle, unconquered in war. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 10 Two dogs..Unmatched for courage. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise ii. 629 This is the man, unmatched of heart and limb. 1919 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. viii. 273 A language of peculiar vowel sounds and even consonant-sounds struggling against a foreign invasion unmatched for strength or variety. 1952 Life 17 Nov. 1 (advt.) It's the Philco 2273, unmatched anywhere for sensitivity and power, with 245 square inch screen and UHF-VHF Built-In Aerial. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 June ii. 13/1 (advt.) The prints are produced with the latest giclée technology, a process unmatched in its precise coloring and razor-sharp detailing. 2. Not having a match, pair, or mate; not matched with something corresponding or complementary. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective] othereOE otherkinseOE unilicheOE elseOE otherways?c1225 diversc1250 diverse1297 unlikea1300 likelessa1325 sundrya1325 contrariousc1340 nothera1375 strangec1380 anothera1382 otherwisea1393 diversed1393 differenta1400 differing?c1400 deparayll1413 disparable1413 disparail1413 dissemblable1413 party?a1439 unlikeningc1450 indifferent1513 distinct1523 repugnant1528 far1531 heterogene?1541 discrepant1556 mislike1570 contrary1576 distincted1577 another-gainesa1586 dispar1587 another gate1594 dislike1596 unresembling1598 heterogeneana1601 anothergates1604 heterogeneal1605 unmatched1606 disparate1608 disparent?1611 differential1618 dissimilar1621 disparated1624 dissimilary1624 heterogeneous1624 unparallel1624 otherguess1632 anotherguise1635 incongenerous1646 anotherguess1650 otherguise1653 distant1654 unresemblant1655 distantial1656 allogeneous1666 distinguished1736 otherguised1768 unsimilar1768 insimilar1801 anotherkins1855 diff1861 distinctive1867 othergate1903 unalike1934 1606 J. Marston Parasitaster iii. sig. E2 Naturally modest, too excellent, to bee left vnmatcht, tho few worthie to match with her. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 19 When love findes it self utterly unmatcht, and justly vanishes. 1707 N. Tate Injur'd Love ii. i. 18 I will to Shades Retire, (Like an unmatched Turtle there to Mourn). 1824 J. Galt Rothelan III. 132 A mean abode,..with old-fashioned unmatched chairs. 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. ii. 41 A small, sickly-looking woman, with..the wig without which no virtuous wife is complete... A lower stratum of unmatched brown peeped out in front of the Shaitel. 1949 J. Scarne On Cards ix. 63 Oklahoma Gin. In this variation the twenty-first card..determines the maximum number of points in unmatched cards with which a player may knock. 1998 A. Dias Designer & Client 29 Despite a pair of unmatched oars and her weight of around three-quarters of a ton, we rowed her back through a sea, golden in the color of the setting sun and as smooth as a sheet of glass. 2013 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 4 Sept. 30 I'll bet she has her spice rack arranged in alphabetical order and has a panic attack at the sight of an unmatched sock. Derivatives unˈmatchedness n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > fact of being unparalleled or unique singlurec1400 oddness1581 unmatchableness1608 peerlessness1611 unmatchedness?1611 incomparability1632 incomparableness1633 inimitableness1660 unparalleledness1665 unparallelness1667 peculiarity1751 uniquity1789 uniqueness1802 unicity1859 phoenixity1886 ?1611 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Iliads Pref. sig. A 3^v His cleare vnmatchednesse in all manner of learning. 1879 All Year Round 27 Dec. 114/1 A whole pack of cards this time, and odd cards every one of them..odd in the sense of unmatchedness. 1978 J. Bayley Ess. Hardy 225 A sign of the unmatchedness which makes for a couple ‘the dreariest and the longest journey’. 2000 T. Lee White as Snow 255 These feelings were the offspring of..their unmatchedness, too, he made no secret of that. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1548
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