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unmatched

match
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mach]
    • /mætʃ/
    • /ʌnˈmætʃt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mach]
    • /mætʃ/

Definitions of unmatched word

  • noun unmatched a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect. 1
  • noun unmatched a person or thing able to cope with another as an equal: to meet one's match. 1
  • noun unmatched a person or thing that is an exact counterpart of another. 1
  • noun unmatched a corresponding, suitably associated, or harmonious pair: The blue hat and green scarf were not a good match. 1
  • noun unmatched Sports. a game or contest in which two or more contestants or teams oppose each other: a soccer match. a contest consisting of a specific number of sets: a tennis match. 1
  • noun unmatched any contest or competition that resembles a sports match: a shouting match. 1

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Origin of unmatched

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English macche, Old English gemæcca mate, fellow

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Unmatched

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

unmatched popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

unmatched usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for unmatched

adj unmatched

  • a-1 — noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
  • a1 — in good health; physically fit
  • alone — When you are alone, you are not with any other people.
  • bang up — When a prisoner is banged up, they are put in prison and locked in a cell.
  • bang-up — excellent; extraordinary.

adjective unmatched

  • mismatched — Simple past tense and past participle of mismatch.

Antonyms for unmatched

adj unmatched

  • co-ordinate — If you co-ordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
  • fifty-fifty — equally good and bad, likely and unlikely, favorable and unfavorable, etc.: a fifty-fifty chance of winning.
  • lookalike — a person or thing that looks like or closely resembles another; double.

adjective unmatched

  • equal — Being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value.
  • nondiscriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.

See also

Matching words

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