unrivaled

unrivaled
/un ruy"veuhld/, adj.
having no rival or competitor; having no equal; incomparable; supreme: His work is unrivaled for the beauty of its prose.
Also, esp. Brit., unrivalled.
[1585-95; UN-1 + RIVALED]

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