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Added 9 October 2026

matchless

adjective

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Having no match; without equal.
Having no mate.

adjective

Without the use of matches for ignition.
a matchless stove

Origin

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”).

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