unsurpassed

adjectiveC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,413 of 15,258leans written

Unsurpassed means never bettered by anything since. An unsurpassed record, unsurpassed quality, remains unsurpassed.

It is a claim about the whole time since, which is why records and performances attract it. It is weaker than best, since something unsurpassed may have been equalled.

Definitions of unsurpassed

1adjectiveunsurpassedNever bettered by anything since.C2
“Her long jump record has remained unsurpassed for over thirty years.”

unsurpassed is a quality.

Where it comes from

From un- + surpassed.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

unsurpassed in the wild

In addition to being a fabulous baseball player at every level in which he has participated, his passion for excellence is unsurpassed.
Roger Clemens Award
Quite until the days of romanticism, Ewald was considered the unsurpassed Danish poet.
Johannes Ewald
In a 1935 ball throw event, she set a record of 222 feet 2 inches, a distance that was unsurpassed until 1947.
Robina Higgins
St.Narekatsi's taghs are the unsurpassed monuments of this musical style.
Tagh
The half-mile stretch is "unsurpassed" and is the best-preserved set of Oregon Trail ruts anywhere along its former length.
Oregon Trail Ruts

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