Definition for IN-COM'PA-RA-BLE

IN-COM'PA-RA-BLE, a. [in and comparable.]

That admits of no comparison with others; usually in a good sense, but it may be properly used in a bad sense. When we say, an incomparable man, we mean a man of good qualities, or of some excellence that raises him above comparison or equality with others. So we say, incomparable excellence, virtue, wit, &c. But incomparable baseness or malignity may be used with propriety.

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