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matchless

adj.
UK //mˈætʃləs// match·less
Synonyms
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”).

Etymology 2

From match + -less.

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